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> [Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/is-he-able-but-not-willing-then-he-is-malevolent/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

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> [Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epicurus/is-he-neither-able-nor-willing-then-why-call-him-god/)

[Epicurus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epicurus/)

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> [I have sworn upon the altar of god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-sworn-upon-the-altar-of-god/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Christianity neither is, nor ever was a part of the common law.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/christianity-neither-is-nor-ever-was-a-part-of-the-common-law/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Lighthouses are more helpful than churches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/lighthouses-are-more-helpful-than-churches/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [Ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/ecclesiastical-establishments-tend-to-great-ignorance-and-corruption/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-am-opposed-to-any-form-of-tyranny-over-the-mind-of-man/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Mystery is made a convenient Cover for absurdity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/mystery-is-made-a-convenient-cover-for-absurdity/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [I have examined all religions, and the result is that the Bible is the best book in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/i-have-examined-all-religions-and-the-result-is-that-the-bible-is-the/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/where-is-the-security-for-property-for-reputation-for-life-if-the/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [The doctrines of Jesus are simple, and tend to all the happiness of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-doctrines-of-jesus-are-simple-and-tend-to-all-the-happiness-of-man/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/happily-the-government-of-the-united-states-gives-to-bigotry-no/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/i-have-found-christian-dogma-unintelligible-early-in-life-i-absenteed/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation is ever dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-office-of-reformer-of-the-superstitions-of-a-nation-is-ever/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Erecting the 'wall of separation between church and state'... is absolutely essential in a free society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/erecting-the-wall-of-separation-between-church-and-state-is/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/the-united-states-of-america-should-have-a-foundation-free-from-the/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [It is too late in the day for men of sincerity to pretend they believe in the Platonic mysticisms that three are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-is-too-late-in-the-day-for-men-of-sincerity-to-pretend-they/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Because we hold it for 'a fundamental and undeniable truth', that religion or 'the duty which we owe to our Creator' and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/because-we-hold-it-for-a-fundamental-and-undeniable-truth-that/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [ \[All religious sects\] dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight; and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/all-religious-sects-dread-the-advance-of-science-as-witches-do-the/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [We should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions shall enjoy equal liberty, property, and an equal chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/we-should-begin-by-setting-conscience-free-when-all-men-of-all/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [The truth is, that the greatest enemies to the doctrines of Jesus are those, calling themselves the expositors of them, who have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-truth-is-that-the-greatest-enemies-to-the-doctrines-of-jesus-are/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [ I have recently been examining all the known superstitions of the world and do not find in our particular superstition \[Christianity\] one… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/i-have-recently-been-examining-all-the-known-superstitions-of-the/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The hocus-pocus phantasm of a God, like another Cerberus, with one body and three heads, had its birth and growth in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-hocus-pocus-phantasm-of-a-god-like-another-cerberus-with-one-body/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The day will come when the mystical generation of Jesus, by the Supreme Being as his father, in the womb of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-day-will-come-when-the-mystical-generation-of-jesus-by-the/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [ The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me \[as President\] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-clergy-believe-that-any-portion-of-power-confided-to-me-as/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [ When, in short, we shall have unlearned everything which has been taught since his \[Jesus'\] day, and got back to the pure… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/when-in-short-we-shall-have-unlearned-everything-which-has-been/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/of-all-the-animosities-which-have-existed-among-mankind-those-which/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/we-have-abundant-reason-to-rejoice-that-in-this-land-the-light-of/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [Where the preamble declares, that coercion is a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, an amendment was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/where-the-preamble-declares-that-coercion-is-a-departure-from-the/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned; yet we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/millions-of-innocent-men-women-and-children-since-the-introduction-of-2/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-henry/that-religion-or-the-duty-which-we-owe-to-our-creator-and-the-manner/)

[Patrick Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-henry/)

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> [“As the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion, — as it has in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-the-government-of-the-united-states-is-not-in-any-sense-founded-on-2/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The whole history of these books (i.e. the Gospels) is so defective and doubtful that it seems vain to attempt minute enquiry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-whole-history-of-these-books-i-e-the-gospels-is-so-defective-and/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The human understanding is a revelation from its maker, which can never be disputed or doubted. There can be no scepticism, Pyrrhonism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-adams/the-human-understanding-is-a-revelation-from-its-maker-which-can/)

[John Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-adams/)

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> [The office of reformer of the superstitions of a nation, is ever more dangerous. Jesus had to work on the perilous confines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-office-of-reformer-of-the-superstitions-of-a-nation-is-ever-more/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Question with boldness even the existence of a god.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/question-with-boldness-even-the-existence-of-a-god/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The religion-builders have so distorted and deformed the doctrines of Jesus, so muffled them in mysticism, fancies, and falsehoods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-religion-builders-have-so-distorted-and-deformed-the-doctrines-of/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/let-us-with-caution-indulge-the-supposition-that-morality-can-be/)

[George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/)

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> [The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/the-legislative-powers-of-government-reach-actions-only-and-not/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [The study of theology, as it stands in the Christian churches, is the study of nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/the-study-of-theology-as-it-stands-in-the-christian-churches-is-the-2/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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## Top authors on Founding fathers anti religion

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