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2025-07-18 20:34:22

A quotation from Robert Ingersoll

The Church hates a thinker precisely for the same reason a robber dislikes a sheriff, or a thief despises the prosecuting witness. Tyranny likes courtiers, flatterers, followers, fawners, and superstition wants believers, disciples, zealots, hypocrites, and subscribers.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1873-12) “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious Society

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Lecture (1873-12) "Individuality," Chicago Free Religious Society - Ingersoll, Robert Green | WIST Quotations

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