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The rights [to religious freedom] are of the natural rights of mankind, and ... if any act shall be ... passed to repeal [an act… — Thomas Jefferson
Christianity is the strangest religion ever set up, for it committed a murder upon Jesus in order to redeem mankind from the sin of eating… — Thomas Paine
Of all the tyrannies that effect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live… — Thomas Paine
Much of the most important evils that mankind have to consider are those which they inflict upon each other through stupidity or malevolence or both. — Bertrand Russell
There is no dunce like a mature dunce. — George Santayana
And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst. — Daniel Defoe
The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing the furthest, has the deepest love for mankind. — Maurice Maeterlinck
When anyone prays, the angels that minister to God and watch over mankind gather round about him and join with him in prayer. — Origen
The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall… — Seneca the Younger
I refuse to accept the idea that man is mere flotsam and jetsam in the river of life, unable to influence the unfolding events which… — Martin Luther
It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of… — Douglas MacArthur
We are at war with the most dangerous enemy that has ever faced mankind in his long climb from the swamp to the stars, and… — Ronald Reagan
Instead of building newer and larger weapons of mass destruction, I think mankind should try to get more use out of the ones we have. — Jack Handey
The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist. — William Blake
O America! Because you build for mankind I build for you. — Walt Whitman
But when you come right down to it, the reason that we did this job is because it was an organic necessity. If you are… — J. Robert Oppenheimer
So far as I can see the atomic bomb has deadened the finest feeling that has sustained mankind for ages. — Mahatma Gandhi
The future of mankind is going to be decided within the next two generations, and there are two absolute requisites: We must aim at a… — Jacques Monod
The key to the utilization of atomic energy for world peace will be found in the will of all people to restrict its use for… — Leslie Groves
Often a noble face hides filthy ways. — Euripides
In the development of mankind as a whole, just as in individuals, love alone acts as the civilizing factor in the sense that it brings… — Sigmund Freud
Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith of external progress, driven by an insatiable desire for power… — Dalai Lama
The guiding motive of mankind should be charity towards men, charity towards all animals. — Swami Vivekananda
All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly. — Blaise Pascal
Man is the measure of all things. — Protagoras

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