Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes
Most people are Democrats because they hate something; most people are Republicans because they love something.
Ingersoll, Robert G. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 9. Dresden Publishing Company, 1902, p. 157.
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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.