Nature is filled with tendencies and obstructions. Extremes beget limitations, even as a river by its own swiftness creates obstructions for itself. Robert Green Ingersoll begetcreateextreme Change image and share on social
Our fathers knew that the flag was never intended to protect any man who wanted to assail it. Robert Green Ingersoll assailfatherflag Change image and share on social
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 ageblessconviction Change image and share on social
The real sustains the same relation to the ideal that a stone does to a statue - or that paint does to a painting. Realism degrades and impoverishes. Robert Green Ingersoll degradeidealimpoverish Change image and share on social
All the men of wealth should remember that everybody in a community has got, in some way, to be supported. I want to see them so that they can support themselves by their own labor. Robert Green Ingersoll communitylaborman Change image and share on social
There are times when a falsehood well told bridges over quite a difficulty, but in the long run, you had better tell the truth, even if you swim the creek. Robert Green Ingersoll bridgecreekdifficulty Change image and share on social
Liberty is the breath of progress. Robert Green Ingersoll breathlibertyprogress Change image and share on social
The grandest ambition that any man can possibly have is to so live and so improve himself in heart and brain as to be worthy of the love of some splendid woman; and the grandest ambition of any girl is to make herself worthy of the love and adoration of some magnificent man. Robert Green Ingersoll adorationambitionbrain share on social
I will not attack your doctrines nor your creeds if they accord liberty to me. If they hold thought to be dangerous - if they aver that doubt is a crime, then I attack them one and all, because they enslave the minds of men. Robert Green Ingersoll accordattackaver share on social
Beauty is not all there is of poetry. It must contain the truth. It is not simply an oak, rude and grand, neither is it simply a vine. It is both. Around the oak of truth runs the vine of beauty. Robert Green Ingersoll beautygrandoak Change image and share on social
