Ingersoll “is a critical figure in the struggle for true freedom of conscience in America — meaning the freedom not to worship any god as well as to worship God in one’s own way . . . Ingersoll did more than anyone to restore Americans’ memory of their country’s secular and rationalist tradition.” — Susan Jacoby in Freethinkers
“In this collection of short excerpts . . . the patron saint of free thought celebrates human reason and decries the influence of blind faith. Opponents of the Kansas Board of Education, federal funding for church social programs and faith-based restrictions on medical research will find here the inspiration to keep fighting.” — Washington Post
“Ingersoll’s ideas force a reader to reexamine the words freedom, liberty, truth and democracy. This little paperback has the pleasant feeling of a morning spent listening to a lecture or sermon on a small-town green.” — Los Angeles Times
