Nothing can be plainer than that each nation gives to its god its peculiar characteristics, and that every individual gives to his god his personal peculiarities.

Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899) American lawyer, freethinker, orator

Lecture (1872-01-29), “The Gods,” Fairbury Hall, Fairbury, Illinois
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First given on the 135th birthday of Thomas Paine. Collected in The Gods and Other Lectures (1876). See Voltaire.