Ocupation: Lawyer
Life: August 11, 1833 - July 21, 1899
Birthday: August 11
Death: July 21
Give any orthodox church the power, and to-day they would punish heresy with whip, and chain, and fire. As long as a church deems a certain belief essential to salvation, just so long it will kill and burn if it has the power.
source: Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). “The works of Robert G. Ingersoll”, p.119, Library of Alexandria
topic: Fire, Giving, Long, Orthodox Church, Whips And Chains