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I am a believer in liberty . That is my religion to give to every other human being every right that I claim for myself, and I grant to every other human being, not the right because it is his right but instead of

I am a believer in liberty . That is my religion to give to every other human being every right that I claim for myself, and I grant to every other human being, not the right because it is his right but instead of granting I declare that it is his right, to attack every doctrine that I maintain, to answer every argument that I may urge in other words, he must have absolute freedom of speech.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Giving, Freedom Of Speech, Liberty
Robert Green Ingersoll (1902). “Miscellany”

The more liberty you give away the more you will have.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Giving, Liberty
Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.289, Library of Alexandria

Take the word Liberty from human speech and all the other words become poor, withered, meaningless sounds - but with that word realized - with that word understood, the world becomes a paradise.

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Liberty, Sound, World
Robert Green Ingersoll (1901). “Miscellany”

If there is one subject in this world worthy of being discussed, worthy of being understood, it is the question of intellectual liberty. Without that, we are simply painted clay.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Intellectual, Liberty, Clay
Robert Green Ingersoll (1929). “The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll...”

Liberty is the breath of progress.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Progress, Liberty, Politics
Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.978, Library of Alexandria

Liberty is the condition of progress. Without Liberty, there remains only barbarism. Without Liberty, there can be no civilization.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Civilization, Progress, Liberty
Robert Green Ingersoll, Isaac Newton Baker (1899). “Trial of C.B. Reynolds for Blasphemy, at Morristown, N.J., May 19th and 20th, 1887”

Wait until the world is free before you write a creed. In this creed there will be but one word -- Liberty.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Writing, Waiting, Liberty
Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.224, Library of Alexandria

Liberty cannot be sacrificed for the sake of anything.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Liberty, Sake
Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.978, Library of Alexandria

Liberty sustains the same relation to mind that space does to matter.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Space, Mind, Liberty
Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.5, Library of Alexandria

The combined wisdom and genius of all mankind cannot possibly conceive of an argument against liberty of thought.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Independence, Liberty, Genius
Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.83, Library of Alexandria

Liberty a word without which all other words are vain.

Robert Green Ingersoll
Liberty, Vain
Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1162, Library of Alexandria

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