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We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#courage #death #even #men #moral

It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#blessed #convictions #courage #enough #every

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#hear #hope #listening #love #night

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#his #liar #loses #never #only

If I owe Smith ten dollars and God forgives me, that doesn't pay Smith. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#forgives #god #i #me #owe

Every man is dishonest who lives upon the labor of others, no matter if he occupies a throne. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#every #every man #labor #lives #man

There is no slavery but ignorance. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#slavery

I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#eternal #eternal life #i #king #life

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#between #distinguish #enough #eyes #her

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily, and the raw material cost so little, that generally the god market was fairly glutted and heaven crammed with these phantoms. ↗

— Robert Green Ingersoll

#cost #crammed #easily #fairly #few