Colonel Robert Green Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899) was a Civil War veteran, American political leader, and orator during the Golden Age of Freethought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism
Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. Robert Green Ingersoll»
I am inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart--the best brain. Robert Green Ingersoll»
I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not. Robert Green Ingersoll»
In nature there are neither rewards not punishments--there are consequences. Robert Green Ingersoll»
Intellectual liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of the mind, and without it, the world is a prison, the universe a dungeon. Robert Green Ingersoll»
It is a blessed thing that in every age someone has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions. Robert Green Ingersoll»
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart. Robert Green Ingersoll»
The present is the necessary product of all the past, the necessary cause of all the future. Robert Green Ingersoll»
