American - Lawyer | August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899
In every age in which books have been produced, the governing class, the respectable, have been opposed to the works of real genius.
Robert Green Ingersoll
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If the guardians of society, the protectors of 'young persons,' could have had their way, we should have known nothing of Byron or Shelley. The voices that thrill the world would now be silent.
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The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbought by gold, unawed by power, they have lifted high the torch that illuminates the world.
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Many Americans do not understand that the officers of the government are simply the servants of the people.
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Whoever labors for the happiness of those he loves elevates himself, no matter whether he works in the dreary shop or the perfumed field.
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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.
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If the government can make money, what on earth does it collect taxes for you and me for? Why don't it make what money it wants, take the taxes out, and give the balance to us?
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They who gain applause and power by pandering to the mistakes, the prejudices and passions of the multitude are the enemies of liberty.
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Roscoe Conkling was a man of superb courage. He not only acted without fear, but he had that fortitude of soul which bears the consequences of the course pursued without complaint.
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How poor this world would be without its graves, without the memories of its mighty dead. Only the voiceless speak forever.
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In my judgment, the American people are too brave, too charitable, too generous, too magnanimous, to believe in the infamous dogma of an eternal hell.
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Man never had an idea - man will never have an idea, except those supplied to him by his surroundings. Every idea in the world that man has came to him by nature.
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