Robert G. Ingersoll Quote

There is a constitution higher than any statute. There is a law higher than any constitution. It is the law of the human conscience, and no man who is a man will defile and pollute his conscience at the bidding of any legislature. Above all things, one should maintain his self-respect, and there is but one way to do that, and that is to live in accordance with your highest ideal.


The trial of Charles B. Reynolds for blasphemy (1887)


There is a constitution higher than any statute. There is a law higher than any constitution. It is the law of the human conscience, and no man who...

There is a constitution higher than any statute. There is a law higher than any constitution. It is the law of the human conscience, and no man who...

There is a constitution higher than any statute. There is a law higher than any constitution. It is the law of the human conscience, and no man who...

There is a constitution higher than any statute. There is a law higher than any constitution. It is the law of the human conscience, and no man who...