Free Thought Quotes

23 Free Thought quotes by 21 unique authors

Only those who have lived all their lives under the dark clouds of vague, undefined fears can appreciate the joy of a doubting soul suddenly… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for all men, irrespective… — Ulysses S. Grant
The period of Catholic ascendancy was on the whole one of the most deplorable in the history of the human mind. . . . The… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky
I deny the right of Congress to force a slaveholding State upon an unwilling people. I deny their right to force a free State upon… — Stephen A. Douglas
In view of the tide of religiosity engulfing a once secular republic it is refreshing to be reminded by Freethinkers that free thought and skepticism… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Who is journeying for freedom? The one who is already free. Thoughts are impediments to seeing your own face. Don't give rise to any thought,… — H. W. L. Poonja
It is our attitude toward free thought and free expression that will determine our fate. There must be no limit on the range of temperate… — William O. Douglas
There is no bigotry like that of "free thought" run to seed. — Horace Greeley
It should seem that Negroes, of all Americans, would be found in the Free-thought fold, since they have suffered more than any other class of… — Hubert Harrison
Many of the Latter-day Saints have surrendered their independence; they have surrendered their free thought, politically, and we have got to get back to where… — Heber J. Grant
Who dares not speak his free thoughts is a slave. — Euripides
The psychologists and the metaphysicians wrangle endlessly over the nature of the thinking process in man, but no matter how violently they differ otherwise they… — H. L. Mencken
There is never any fair and thorough discussion of heretical opinions... The greatest harm done is to those who are not heretics, and whose whole… — John Stuart Mill
Sincere thought, real free thought, ready, in the name of superhuman authority or of humble common sense, to question the basis of what is officially… — Savitri Devi
No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law. When the secular is called in to sustain an idea, whether new or old,… — H. L. Mencken
If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
You behold in me, Stephen said with grim displeasure, a horrible example of free thought. — James Joyce
It is the way, isn't it? With humans and free thought. They only learn through terrible mistakes. Free thought does not make wisdom. Instead it… — Joel Shepherd
A free thinker used to be a man who had been educated on ideas of religion, law, morality, and had arrived at free thought by… — Leo Tolstoy
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat… — William O. Douglas
The story of the decadence of the cathedral as a moral power, a spiritual energizer in civilization, is the sad but inevitable story of dogmatism.… — Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Let us respect and honor all who seek enlightenment through love and understanding; also, let us not disregard nor silence religion, the sciences, philosophy, or… — Johnny Luckett
If weapons formed stand in front of me when ever I fell trap you said that you would be the one to set me free.… — Jennifer Hudson

Who Wrote These Free Thought Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 23 Free Thought Quotes as follows: