There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.55, Library of Alexandria
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There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.55, Library of Alexandria

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