What Robert G. Ingersoll thinks about democracy

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American lawyer and orator, known as "the Great Agnostic" (1833 to 1899); author of The Ghosts, and Other Lectures.

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1. c. 1876–1878

   Our readingMen and women should have equal rights, and marriage should be a perfect partnership

   Their wordsThe rights of men and women should be equal and sacred—marriage should be a perfect partnership—children should be governed by kindness,—every family should be a republic—every fireside a democracy.

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