There isn't [in new atheism]. Nothing that wasn't in Bertrand Russell or probably Robert Ingersoll. But I suppose it is more of… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I am a poor mendicant. My earthly possessions consist of six spinning wheels, prison dishes, a can of goat's milk, six homespun… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It seems a bit unfair to my relatives to be murdered in order to provide an opportunity for free will for Germans,… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
I light candles. I meditate. And I don't believe in anything. By default I move simultaneously towards mysticism and atheism. It's not… — Vanessa Veselka Copy Share Image
I have been raised to believe in freedom of thought and speech. If a minority wishes to accept that position it's their… — Richard Leakey Copy Share Image
What! I should call on that Infinite Love that has served us so well? Infinite cruelty rather, that made everlasting hell, Made… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The essential mark of the agitator is the high value he places on the emotional response of the public. Whether he attacks… — Harold Lasswell Copy Share Image
By right, as the word is employed in this subject, has always been understood discretion, that is, a full and complete power… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I really don't put it down. I never have. It's just that I analyze it and look at it from a very… — Marjoe Gortner Copy Share Image
“We all know that any emotional bias -- irrespective of truth or falsity -- can be implanted by suggestion in the emotions… — H.P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
The last 100 years of research into the human brain...sees the brain as an organ that works by physical principles just like… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
As I’ve said, I’ve never believed in God, which technically makes me an atheist (since the prefix “a” means “not” or “without”).… — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Some president wishes to be re-elected, and thereupon speaks about the Bible as "the corner-stone of American Liberty." This sentence is a… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Dr. Peter Boghossian’s A Manual for Creating Atheists is a precise, passionate, compassionate and brilliantly reasoned work that will illuminate any and… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
“For someone who is far from God, silence is a difficult confrontation with his own self and with the rather dismal realities… — Robert Sarah Copy Share Image
Even in this secular country, the threat posed by religious fundamentalists is never very far away. Every major religious text exhorts the… — Andrew Bernstein Copy Share Image
The big thing is to make this country... quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
According to some liberation theologians atheism is not the cause of the conflict between Christianity and Marxism, but is rather the link… — Ernesto Cardenal Copy Share Image
“He was an embittered atheist (the sort of atheist who does not so much disbelieve in God as personally dislike Him), and… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The cruelty of a Fijian god, who, represented as devouring the souls of the dead, may be supposed to inflict torture during… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
“I feel the gods are pretty dead, though I suppose I ought to know that however, to be somewhat more philosophical in… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
Since 1787 the principle of freedom of religion has been attacked but never overthrown. Keeping education in the United States free of… — Joseph Leon Blau Copy Share Image
Freedom of religion means the right of the individual to choose and to adhere to whichever religious beliefs he may prefer, to… — Joseph Leon Blau Copy Share Image
Religion is too important a matter to its devotees to be a subject of ridicule. If they indulge in absurdities, they are… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I was almost persuaded to be a Christian. I thought I never again could be thoughtless and worldly. But I soon forgot… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
I was raised in a deeply Catholic family. There was a sense that everything we were doing was to prepare ourselves for… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
Neither give ear to the over-keen worshipers nor to the diehard atheists. They are both full of themselves and, therefore, they are… — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
It's astonishiing that so many religious people are ignorant enough to think atheism is 'just another religion'. But at least it explains… — Steve Fowler Copy Share Image
Do you not know that every religion in the world has declared every other religion a fraud? Yes, we all know it.… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It was then that I began to look into the seams of your doctrine. I wanted only to pick at a single… — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
The minister today preached about death and judgment, and what would become of those who behaved improperly - and somehow it scared… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
A willingness to engage in the give and take of argument displays a commitment to cognitive egalitarianism - the proposition that all… — George H. Smith Copy Share Image
“God seemed to have become a brand, a packaging, and people purchase this trusted brand with such faith and devotion that they… — Justin Villanueva Copy Share Image
With respect to public acknowledgment of religious belief, it is entirely clear from our nation's historical practices that the Establishment Clause permits… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
[Disestablishment was] the best thing that ever happened to the state of Connecticut. It cut the churches loose from dependence on state… — Lyman Beecher Copy Share Image
Through the history of the world there have always been exploiters and exploited. There always will be ... because the great mass… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Thus inwardly armed with confidence in God and the unshakable stupidity of the voting citizenry, the politicians can begin the fight for… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
To put it simply, no Darwin, no Hitler. Hitler tried to speed up evolution, to help it along, and millions suffered and… — D. James Kennedy Copy Share Image
![“There isn't [in new atheism]. Nothing that wasn't in Bertrand Russell or probably Robert Ingersoll. But I suppose it is more of a political effect, in that all these books happened to come out at the same time. I like to think that we have some influence.” quote by Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/291/richard-dawkins-115_atheism_there-isn-t-in-new-atheism-nothing-that_1237906.jpg)
![“I feel the gods are pretty dead, though I suppose I ought to know that however, to be somewhat more philosophical in the matter, if atheism means simply not being a theist, then of course I'm an atheist. [Letter to Max Otto]” quote by John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/1bb/john-dewey-545_atheism_i-feel-the-gods-are-pretty-dead-though-i_1765425.png)
![“[Disestablishment was] the best thing that ever happened to the state of Connecticut. It cut the churches loose from dependence on state support. It threw them wholly on their own resources and on God.” quote by Lyman Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/892/lyman-beecher-47390_atheism_disestablishment-was-the-best-thing-that_927620.png)
