671 Quotes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Many Americans do not understand that the officers of the government are simply the servants of the people.

Our ignorance is God; what we know is science. When we abandon the doctrine that some infinite being created matter and force, and enacted a code of laws for their government ... the real priest will then be, not the mouth-piece of some pretended deity, but the interpreter of nature.

Most people are Democrats because they hate something; most people are Republicans because they love something.

Most people can bear adversity; but if you wish to know what a man really is give him power.

Good nature is the cheapest commodity in the world, and love is the only thing that will pay ten percent, to borrower and lender both.

For the most part, we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs.

Let us account for all we see by the facts we know. If there are things for which we cannot account, let us wait for light.

In nature there are neither rewards or punishments - there are consequences.

Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The placeto be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.