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

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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Give the church a place in the Constitution, let her touch once more the sword...

Give the church a place in the Constitution, let her touch once more the sword...

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

By nature all people are alike, but by education become different

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

Anger is a wind which blows out the lamp of the mind.

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

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

What has religion to do with facts? Nothing

What has religion to do with facts? Nothing

Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of...

Read it as you would any other book; think of it as you would of...

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have...

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality...

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

The credulity of the church is decreasing, and the most marvelous miracles are not either...

If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little...

If the people were a little more ignorant, astrology would flourish - if a little...

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

Let us put theology out of religion. Theology has always sent the worst to heaven,...

And we are called upon to worship such a God; to get upon our knees...

And we are called upon to worship such a God; to get upon our knees...

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot.

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...

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe...

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe...

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.

America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.