Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

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

#Ignorance

There is no slavery but ignorance.

#Juries And Judges

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

#Laughter

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

#Church, #Credulity, #Miracles

No day can be so sacred but that the laugh of a little child will...

#Consequences, #Nature

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

#Labor, #Nature, #Prayer

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

#God, #Peace

Labor is the only prayer that Nature answers.

#God, #Peace

A mule has neither pride of ancestry nor hope of posterity

#Pride

The undressed is vulgar - the nude is pure

#Purity, #Vulgarity

I suppose it can be truthfully said that Hope is the only universal liar who...

#Hope, #Reputation

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

#Courage, #Testing