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- There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary, they tend to… Any
- Human progress is furthered, not by conformity, but by aberration. Aberration
- The State is not force alone. It depends upon the credulity of man quite as much as upon his docility. Its aim is not merely… Aim
- A government at bottom is nothing more than a group of men, and as a practical matter most of them are inferior men. ... Yet… Assumed
- Thanksgiving Day is a day devoted by persons with inflammatory rheumatism to thanking a loving Father that it is not hydrophobia. Day
- The Public ... demands certainties ... But there are not certainties Certainties
- I am against slavery simply because I dislike slaves. Dislike
- They have taken the care and upbringing of children out of the hands of parents, where it belongs, and thrown it upon a gang of… Belongs
- All of the American's foreign wars have been fought with foes either too weak to resist them or too heavily engaged elsewhere to make more… All
- To the man with an ear for verbal delicacies- the man who searches painfully for the perfect word, and puts the way of saying a… Accident
- A poet more than thirty years old is simply an overgrown child. Child
- Suicide is a belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives. Acquiescence
- Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the ameliorations that it offers, life would… All
- A man who is an agnostic by inheritance, so that he doesn't remember any time that he wasn't, has almost no hatred for the religious. Agnostic
- The acting that one sees upon the stage does not show how human beings comport themselves in crises, but how actors think they ought to.… Acting
- The liberation of the human mind has never been furthered by dunderheads; it has been furthered by gay fellows who heaved dead cats into sanctuaries… Agnostic
- There is no possibility whatsoever of reconciling science and theology, at least in Christendom. Either Jesus arose from the dead or He didn't. If he… Agnostic
- Clergyman: A ticket speculator outside the gates of Heaven. Agnostic
- Pastor: One employed by the wicked to prove to them by his example that virtue doesn't pay. Agnostic
- I detest converts almost as much as I do missionaries. Agnostic
- A fool who, after plain warning, persists in dosing himself with dangerous drugs should be free to do so, for his death is a benefit… Benefit
- Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues, and so on.… Actors
- The war on privilege will never end. Its next great campaign will be against the privileges of the underprivileged. Campaign
- I think the Negro people should feel secure enough by now to face a reasonable ridicule without terror. I am unalterably opposed to all efforts… All
- Voting is simply a way of determining which side is the stronger without putting it to the test of fighting. Determining
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