Persistently leavening public opinion, in a grossly superstitious age, with the theological doctrine of popular preachers, that woman is a sex of… — Ellen Battelle Dietrick Copy Share Image
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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The breathtaking inanity of the [school] Board's decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed… — John E. Jones III Copy Share Image
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Free thought means fearless thought. It is not deterred by legal penalties, nor by spiritual consequences. Dissent from the Bible does not… — George Holyoake Copy Share Image
One must keep one's character. Earn a character first if you can, and if you can't, then assume one. From the code… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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Human vanity is so constituted that it stiffens before difficulties. The more an object conceals itself from our eyes, the greater the… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
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One does not have to appeal to God to set the initial conditions for the creation of the universe, but if one… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
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The story of the redemption will not stand examination. That man should redeem himself from the sin of eating an apple by… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
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My answer would be definite yes! Destructive atheism, in my view and the view of the Church, is part of a much… — Gerard Verschuuren Copy Share Image
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[Kant] was like many people: in intellectual matters he was skeptical, but in moral matters he believed imjplicitly in the maximx that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Only so you can appeal to your God and pray Him to support and bless your courage, your work, your perseverance, your… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
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A celebrated north country apostle, who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, had contrived a scheme for damning… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Choices always were a problem for you. What you need is someone strong to guide you. Deaf and blind and dumb and… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
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