Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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My creed is that; Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

My creed is that; Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

Take from the church the miraculous, the supernatural, the incomprehensible, the unreasonable, the impossible, the...

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.

The inspiration of the Bible depends upon the ignorance of the gentleman who reads it.

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

There is the same difference between talent and genius that there is between a stone...

My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

My creed is that: Happiness is the only good. The place to be happy is...

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the...

There is something wrong in a government where they who do the most have the...

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...

Our hope of immortality does not come from any religions, but nearly all religions come...

My principal objections to orthodox religion are two - slavery here and hell hereafter

My principal objections to orthodox religion are two - slavery here and hell hereafter

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

Religion is one of the phases of thought through which the world is passing

My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...

My objection to Christianity is that it is infinitely cruel, infinitely selfish, and I might...

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you...

Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least, you...

The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.

The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures in heaven for cash down.

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough...

It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and...

Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and...

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his...

Civilization has gotten further and further from the so-called 'natural' man, who uses all his...

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he...

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently...

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...