Freethinkers Quotes
9 quotes by 8 authors
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Freethinkers reject faith as a valid tool of knowledge. Faith is the opposite of reason because reason imposes very strict limits on what can be…
— Dan Barker
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This huge and terrible industry [the slave trade] was blessed by all churches and for a long time aroused absolutely no religious protest. . .…
— Christopher Hitchens
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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.
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It took me years, but letting go of religion has been the most profound wake up of my life. I feel I now look at…
— Julia Sweeney
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Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.
— Laurence Sterne
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And so [my brother] Gilbert and I, brought up without a formal religion, remained throughout our lifetimes just what Father was, freethinkers. And, likewise, doubters…
— George Seldes
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At one time,' Golenishchev continued, either not observing or not willing to observe that both Anna and Vronsky wanted to speak, 'at one time a…
— Leo Tolstoy
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Freethinkers are occasionally thoughtful, though never free.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Freethinkers are those who are willing to use their minds without prejudice and without fearing to understand things that clash with their own customs, privileges,…
— Leo Tolstoy
Who Wrote These Freethinkers Quotes
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