Madalyn Murray O'Hair

The fear of hell is the basis for the Christian faith.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That's me.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Well, we are men. Let's start acting like it.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Organizing atheists is like hurding cats

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I feel that everyone has a right to be insane.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Religion is induced insanity.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

... religion is a crutch, and only the crippled need crutches.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I don't think the Church has ever contributed anything to anybody, anyplace, at any time.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I don't care whether I succeed or whether I fail as long as I am trying. I hope that I succeed.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I'd describe myself as a sexual libertarian - but I'm not a libertine. "To each his own" is my motto.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

There are good, humanitarian people everywhere - occasionally even in the Church.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

We wish our Christian brothers would be honest and permit us our heroes. We do not deny them theirs.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I'm atheist because religion is a crutch, and only the crippled need crutches. I can get around perfectly well on my own…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I do know the Bible very well from a Protestant point of view - which is what, along with my reason, entitles…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Ill tell you, Mr. Thomas, why some Christians are afraid of me. They're not sure that what they believe is really true.…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

The most heinous crime of the Church has been perpetrated not against churchmen but against churchgoers. With its poisonous concepts of sin…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

As a militant feminist, I believe in complete equality with men: intellectual, professional, economic, social and sexual; they're all equally essential, and…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Engineers have a very limited education and background, I think you need to move into the broader humanities in order to become…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

When I learned that there was such a thing as an atheist, I looked it up - and found out that the…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I want a big man physically as well as intellectually. l want a man with the thigh muscles to give me a…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Even if I believed there was a real Jesus, I wouldn't fall for that line of hogwash. The "Virgin" Mary should get…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

The churches rose to power on the income from tax-free property. What earthly -or heavenly- right have they got to enjoy a…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

If this taxation exemptions for Church were rescinded, our property taxes would be substantially lowered, and those who rent houses and apartments…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

The atheist realizes that there must not only be an acceptance of his right to hold his opinion, but that ultimately his…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Let's distinguish between freedom and equality. The modern American woman may be more liberated sexually than her mother was, but I don't…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I picked up the Bible and read it from cover to cover one weekend - just as if it were a novel…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

But the most heinous crime of the Church has been perpetrated not against churchmen but against churchgoers. With its poisonous concepts of…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

“On the issue of censorship of pornography and rock music, do you see that as a religious issue, too? Yes, I do.…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I decided that we'd have to take our chances with the law and get the hell out of Baltimore. I thought of…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Church wealth are moving into everything-gas stations, banks, television stations, supermarket chains, hotels, steel mills, resort areas, farms, wine factories, warehouses, bottling…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

I went off to college, a good, middle-class, very proper college, a Brethren institution, where two years of Bible study are required…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Long ago, when I was a very young girl, I said that I wanted to go everywhere, see everything, taste everything. hear…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

One of the things I did during my 17 years as a psychiatric social worker was go around and find people with…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

My life and the life of my family has been completely disrupted in absolutely every way by starting the school-prayer case. But…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair

An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death.

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair