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

Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

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It is impossible to conceive of a more thoroughly despicable, hateful, and arrogant being, than...

It is impossible to conceive of a more thoroughly despicable, hateful, and arrogant being, than...

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of...

It is an old habit with theologians to beat the living with the bones of...

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

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

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

We are not accountable for the sins of Adam

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...

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...

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.

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

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

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment...

Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment...

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.

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

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

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

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...

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 undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

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...

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...

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to...

We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to...

Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system...

Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system...

If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't...

If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't...