Robert G. Ingersoll

"The present is the child, and the necessary child, of all the past, and the mother of all the future."

"The great question is not, who died right, but who lived right? There is infinitely more responsibility in living than in dying. The moment of death is the most unimportant moment of life. Nothing can…"

"The infidels have been the brave and thoughtful men; the flower of all the world; the pioneers and heralds of the blessed day of liberty and love; the generous spirits of the unworthy past; the seers …"

"There are two things that cannot exist in the same universe—an infinite God and a martyr."

"The heretics have not thought and suffered and died in vain. Every heretic has been, and is, a ray of light."

"The theologian says that what we call evil is for our benefit—that we are placed in this world of sin and sorrow to develop character. If this is true I ask why the infant dies? Millions and millions …"

"For a hundred years hell has been gradually growing cool, the flames have been slowly dying out, the brimstone is nearly exhausted, the fires have been burning lower and lower, and the climate gradual…"

"There is one wonderful thing about the dead people that were raised—we do not hear of them any more. What became of them? If there was a man in this city who had been raised from the dead, I would go …"