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"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old
Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly
the teachings of the New, he would be insane.
-Robert G. Ingersoll
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"I have little confidence in any enterprise or business
or investment that promises dividends only after the death of
the stockholders."
-Robert G. Ingersoll
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"In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments - there
are consequences."
-Robert G. Ingersoll
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"I am not so much for the freedom of religion as I am for
the religion of freedom."
-Robert G. Ingersoll
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"If there is a God, there should be no slaves."
-Robert G. Ingersoll, "The Liberty of Man, Woman and Child",
1877
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"I have no confidence in any religion that can be demonstrated
only to children."
-Robert G. Ingersoll, Political interview
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"The Church has always been willing to swap off treasures
in heaven for cash down here."
-Robert G. Ingersoll
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"We are not accountable for the sins of "Adam"
-Robert G. Ingersoll, "Myth and Miracle" 1885
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"Salvation for credulity means damnation for investigation."
-Robert G. Ingersoll
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"To me, the most obscene word in our language is celibacy."
-Robert G. Ingersoll, "Liberty in Literature", 1890
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"An infinite personality is an infinite impossibility."
-Robert G. Ingersoll, "Some Reasons Why", 1881
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"Intelligence is the only moral guide."
-Robert G. Ingersoll, "What Would You Substitute For the Bible
as a Moral Guide?"
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"Our ignorance is God; what we know is science."
-Robert G. Ingersoll, "The Gods", 1872
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"I have always noticed that the people who have the smallest
souls make the most fuss about getting them saved."
-Robert G. Ingersoll
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"Science built the Academy, superstition the inquisition."
-Robert G. Ingersoll
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"Think of the egotism of a man who believes that an infinite
being wants his praise!"
-Robert G. Ingersoll
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"If we are immortal, it is a fact of nature, and that fact
does not depend on bibles, on Christs, priest, or creeds."
-Robert G. Ingersoll
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"If only Christians go to heaven and all others go to hell,
it seems to me that there will be a thousand times more misery
in the next world than in this."
-Robert G. Ingersoll
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