Robert Green Ingersoll (August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899) on Free Speech and Liberty(published by RevoltSource) |
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19th-Century American Secularist, Freethinker, Union Civil War Colonel, Civil Rights Activist, and Famed Public Speaker
: Nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
Quote #3 on Political Struggle Quotes >> Free Speech and Liberty
“Only a few years ago there was a great awakening of the human mind. Men began to inquire by what right a crowned robber made them work for him? The man who asked this question was called a traitor. Others asked by what right does a robed hypocrite rule my thought? Such men were called infidels. The priest said, and the king said, where is this spirit of investigation to stop? They said then and they say now, that it is dangerous for man to be free. I deny it. Out on the intellectual sea there is room enough for every sail. In the intellectual air there is space enough for every wing.”
Source: "The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child," by Robert Green Ingersoll, 1877.
"The Liberty of Man, Woman, and Child," by Robert Green Ingersoll, 1877.
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