Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes

What exactly is mathematics? Many have tried but nobody has really succeeded in defining mathematics; it is always something else.

If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the constitutional ideal of human dignity.

From religion ... they will learn the only true lesson of equality - the conviction that our destinies are not in our own hands; they will see that no situation in life is without its share of suffering; - and this perpetual reference to a higher power ought equally to teach the rich humility, and the poor devotion.

All logical arguments can be defeated by the simple refusal to reason logically

Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.

My father could argue two sides of a Möbius Strip.

If there is a God, there should be no slaves.

People need to free their minds of racial prejudice and believe in equality for all and freedom regardless of race. It would be a good thing if all people were treated equally and justly and not be discriminated against because of race or religion or anything that makes them different from others.

The most vitally characteristic fact about mathematics is, in my opinion, its quite peculiar relationship to the natural sciences, or more generally, to any science which interprets experience on a higher than purely descriptive level.

It is almost as hard to define mathematics as it is to define economics, and one is tempted to fall back on the famous old definition attributed to Jacob Viner, "Economics is what economists do," and say that mathematics is what mathematicians do. A large part of mathematics deals with the formal relations of quantities or numbers.

If you're here tonight to support me, you shouldn't be here. This is not about me. This is about something far more important. It transcends race, it transcends politics, it transcends gender. This is about the laws of God.

The religion of that prophet [Karl Marx] who knew not the truth, is founded upon equality of the belly.

When thier god and his exploiters cease to be adored and served, we shall live like comrades in mutual affection.

Islam was nothing if it did not spell complete democracy.

With four? Doing a little... Addition? Multiplication?

There's always going to be evil, but the way we unite, regardless of class, race, religion, or gender, empowers the goodness in the world.

The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of religion, of special revelation from God; but it is also a book which teaches man his own individual responsibility, his own dignity, and his equality with his fellow - man.

Do not imagine that mathematics is hard and crabbed, and repulsive to common sense. It is merely the etherealization of common sense.

An American who can make money, invoke God, and be no better than his neighbor, has nothing to fear but truth itself.

My religion teaches me to love all equally.

The Olympic Movement is a 20th century religion. Where there is no injustice of caste, of race, of family, of wealth.

I am a Muslim and . . . my religion makes me be against all forms of racism. It keeps me from judging any man by the color of his skin. It teaches me to judge him by his deeds .

This religion (Islam) recognizes all men as brothers. It accepts all human beings as equals before God, and as equal members in the Human Family of Mankind.

We mast show by our behavior that we believe in equality and justice and that our religion teaches faith and love and charity to our fellow men. Here is where each of us has a job to do that must be done at home, because we can lose the battle on the soil of the United States just as surely as we can lose it in any one of the countries of the world.

I’m an atheist, and I believe religion is totally against human rights and women’s rights.