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Quote by Robert Green Ingersoll

“To destroy guide-boards that point in the wrong direction . . . to drive the fiend of fear from the mind . . . is the task of the Freethinker.”

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

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The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

This book is a compilation of various writings by Robert G. Ingersoll, covering his extensive career as a public speaker and legal professional. It includes his famous speeches on topics such as religion, ethics, and the rights of individuals. The collection offers insight into Ingersoll's advocacy for civil liberties and his role in shaping American thought during the 19th century. more

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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

“What can you or I do? Alone, almost nothing. Yet one person - you alone - can make the difference. . . . The failure of just one person to join, to participate, to do whatever he or she can - your failure or my failure - may mean that there is just one too few to win the fight for sanity, and so leave the world on the road to destruction. Each of us, all of us, must do what we can.”

World May Mean Persons Fighting Winning Differences Destruction Just One Humanist Sanity

Author:Archibald Cox

“A final victory is an accumulation of many short-term encounters. To lightly dismiss a success because it does not usher in a complete order of justice is to fail to comprehend the process of achieving full victory.”

Doe Order Process Term Justice Failing Achieve Victory Finals Encounters Humanist Short Term Accumulation

Book:The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr

Source: The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr

“My heart was filled with gratitude, with thankfulness, and went out in love to all the heroes, the thinkers who gave their lives for the liberty of hand and brain... to all the wise, the good, the brave of every land, whose thoughts and deeds have given freedom to the sons of men. And then I vowed to grasp the torch that they had held, and hold it high, that light might conquer darkness still.”