Robert Green Ingersoll Quotes about Morality

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A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation.

A man is not moral because he is obedient through fear or ignorance. Morality lives in the realm of perceived obligation.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Ignorance, Men, Morality

Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.1987, Library of Alexandria

The ideas of right and wrong change with the experience of the race, and this change is wrought by the gradual ascertaining of consequences - of results.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Race, Ideas, Morality

Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.4445, Library of Alexandria