When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
Robert Green IngersollIf all the historic books of the Bible were blotted from the memory of mankind, nothing of value would be lost.
Robert Green IngersollIt is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.
Robert Green IngersollAbraham Lincoln was, in my judgment, in many respects, the grandest man ever President of the United States. Upon his monument these words should be written: "Here sleeps the only man in the history of the world who, having been clothed with almost absolute power, never abused it, except upon the side of mercy."
Robert Green Ingersoll