Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes
Insolence is not logic; epithets are the arguments of malice.
There were times when the President and cabinet members almost came to blows. In 1824 the Secretary was furious with President Monroe about some customs appointments. He raised his can saying:. The president, not to be outdone picked up a fire poker and hurled some unknown epithet back at Crawford. Apologies were given after this stand-off.
In the wake of the Tonkin Gulf incident, the United States bombed and destroyed North Vietnam naval installations:
Robert Green "Bob" Ingersoll was an American lawyer, a Civil War veteran, political leader, and orator of the United States during the Golden Age of Free Thought, noted for his broad range of culture and his defense of agnosticism. He was nicknamed "The Great Agnostic". Ingersoll was considered to be the greatest orator and political thinker of his day, but his overt atheistic views curtailed his elected political career.
