Charles Bradlaugh

Atheism is without God. It does not assert no God.

— Charles Bradlaugh

Liberty's chief foe is theology.

— Charles Bradlaugh

The word heretic ought to be a term of honour...

— Charles Bradlaugh

A mere society form of Atheism.

— Charles Bradlaugh

Idle and meaningless ... a form less solemn to me than the affirmation I would have reverently made.

— Charles Bradlaugh

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.

— Charles Bradlaugh

Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful.

— Charles Bradlaugh

There is a court to which I shall appeal: the court of public opinion.

— Charles Bradlaugh

Atheist, without God, I look to humankind for sympathy, for love, for hope, for effort, for aid.

— Charles Bradlaugh

Without free speech no search for Truth is possible; without free speech no discovery of Truth is useful.

— Charles Bradlaugh

If special honor is claimed for any, then heresy should have it as the truest servitor of human kind.

— Charles Bradlaugh

[That] my body be buried as cheaply as possible and no speeches be permitted at my funeral.

— Charles Bradlaugh

Is it not gain to have diminished the faith that it was the duty of the wretched and the miserable to be…

— Charles Bradlaugh

Probably they had good reason for omitting it. A profane mind might make a jest of an apostle half seas over, and…

— Charles Bradlaugh

I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on…

— Charles Bradlaugh

Will any one, save the most bigoted, contend, that it is not certain gain to humanity to spread unbelief in the terrible…

— Charles Bradlaugh

Atheists would teach men to be moral now, not because God offers as an inducement reward by and by, but because in…

— Charles Bradlaugh

I do not deny "God", because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me…

— Charles Bradlaugh

If when I am libelled I take no notice, the world believes the libel. If I sue, I have to pay about…

— Charles Bradlaugh

No religion is suddenly rejected by any people; it is rather gradually outgrown. None sees a religion die; dead religions are like…

— Charles Bradlaugh

God is a spirit. Jesus was led up of the Spirit to be tempted of the Devil; and it is also true…

— Charles Bradlaugh

“Atheism is without God. It does not assert no God. The atheist does not say that there is no God, but he…

— Charles Bradlaugh

Without free speech no search for Truth is possible; without free speech no discovery of Truth is useful; without free speech progress…

— Charles Bradlaugh

Without free speech no search for truth is possible; without free speech progress is checked and the nations no longer march forward…

— Charles Bradlaugh

“Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful... Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech…

— Charles Bradlaugh

The ameliorating march of the last few centuries has been initiated by the heretics of each age, though I concede that the…

— Charles Bradlaugh

The atheist does not say 'there is no God,' but he says 'I know not what you mean by God; I am…

— Charles Bradlaugh

A ground frequently taken by Christian theologians is that the progress and civilization of the world are due to Christianity; and the…

— Charles Bradlaugh

On the Cross the Jesus of the Four Gospels, who was God, cried out My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken…

— Charles Bradlaugh

I do not deny God, because that word conveys to me no idea, and I cannot deny that which presents to me…

— Charles Bradlaugh

The House, being strong, should be generous ... but the constituents have a right to more than generosity… The law gives me…

— Charles Bradlaugh

I know not what you mean by God; the word God is to me a sound conveying no clear or distinct affirmation.

— Charles Bradlaugh

The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.

— Charles Bradlaugh

Is poverty of spirit the chief amongst virtues, that Jesus gives it prime place in his teachings? Is it even a virtue…

— Charles Bradlaugh