The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

The great religious historian, Eusebius, ingenuously remarks that in his history he carefully omitted whatever...

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

An honest God is the noblest work of man.

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

Blasphemy is an epithet bestowed by superstition upon common sense

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me....

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by...

Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of...

Every pulpit is a pillory, in which stands a hired culprit, defending the justice of...

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

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

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious...

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious...

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

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

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

Reason, observation, and experience; the holy trinity of science.

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...

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

I admit that books were voted in and out, and that the Bible was finally...

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...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

Love is the only bow of life's dark cloud. It is the Morning and Evening...

If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered...

If all the bones of all the victims of the Catholic Church could be gathered...

If we wish to keep peace with our neighbor, we should never remind anyone of...

If we wish to keep peace with our neighbor, we should never remind anyone of...

When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft:...

When Catholicism goes bad it becomes the religion of amulets and holy places and priestcraft:...