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“The hope of science is the perfection of the human race. The hope of theology is the salvation of a few, and the damnation of almost everybody.”

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Robert Green Ingersoll

Robert Green Ingersoll was a prominent lawyer, orator, and freethinker. Born on August 11, 1833, and died on July 21, 1899, he was one of the most celebrated orators in 19th-century America. Known for his criticism of religion and government, Ingersoll was a leading advocate for individual freedom. more

“But I am mistaken in speaking of a Christian republic; the terms are mutually exclusive. Christianity preaches only servitude and dependence. Its spirit is so favorable to tyranny that it always profits by such a regime. True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not much mind; this short life counts for too little in their eyes.”

Knows Mind Littles Made Eye Christian Spirit Term Christianity Slave Profit Tyranny Republic Regimes Mistaken Dependence Exclusive Servitude Short Life Be A Slave

Book:On the Social Contract

Source: On the Social Contract

“If God made the world, I would not be that God, for the misery of the world would break my heart.”

Ifs World Heart Made Break My Heart Misery Breaking My Heart

Author:Arthur Schopenhauer

“But Christ could certainly not have established the Church. That is, the institution we now call by that name, for nothing resembling our present conception of the Church-with its sacraments, its hierarchy, and especially its claim to infallibility-is to be found in Christ's words or in the conception of the men of his time.”

Men Found Names Christ Church He Man Claims Institutions Conception Sacraments Hierarchy Infallibility

Book:The kingdom of God: and peace essays

Source: The kingdom of God: and peace essays

“The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action.”

Men Needs Writing Self Action Conflict Spring Resolve Grown Man Inner Conflict

Author:Andre Maurois

“There never has yet existed a wealthy and civilized society in which one portion of the community did not, in point of fact, live on the labor of the other.”

Facts Community Labor Wealthy Civilized Portions Civilized Society

Book:The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 2

Source: The Works of John C. Calhoun Volume 2

“A man can be right and president, but he can't be both at the same time.”

Men President

Author:Finley Peter Dunne

“When depreciated, mutilated, or debased coinage (or currency) is in concurrent circulation with money of high value in terms of precious metals, the good money automatically disappears.”

Values Term Disappear Metals Currency Circulation Good Money Precious Metal

Author:Thomas Gresham

“President Roosevelt proved that a President could serve for life. Truman proved that anyone could be elected. Eisenhower proved that your country can be run without a President.”

Country Running President Truman President Roosevelt

Author:Nikita Khrushchev

“What kind of truth is this which is true on one side of a mountain and false on the other?”

Kind Sides Truth Is Mountain

Book:The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions

Source: The Autobiography of Michel de Montaigne: Comprising the Life of the Wisest Man of His Times : His Childhood, Youth, and Prime : His Adventures in Love and Marriage, at Court, and in Office, War, Revolution, and Plague : His Travels at Home and Abroad : His Habits, Tastes, Whims, and Opinions

“Nothing else is going to matter if we kill the earth and we kill the food and we destroy the gene pool and there aren't any people around to enjoy the earth.”

People Ifs Matter Earth Enjoy Pool Genes

Author:Rosalie Bertell

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