If we wish to be true to ourselves, - if we wish to benefit our fellow-men - if we wish to live honorable lives - we will give to every other human being every right that we claim for ourselves. (Robert G. Ingersoll)

If we wish to be true to ourselves, - if we wish to benefit our fellow-men - if we wish to live honorable lives - we will give to every other human being every right that we claim for ourselves.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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