"It is curious that atheists have proved to……" — Chris Patten

"It is curious that atheists have proved to be so intolerant of those who have a faith."

— Chris Patten

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22 Quotes by Chris Patten

Chris Patten has 22 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

But the ability to articulate what you are doing, to be clear about it, and to stick to it is,…
So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of…
Those of us who had a perfectly happy childhood should be able to sue for deprivation of literary royalties.
Hong Kong's people will get what they want, despite China's objections. Freedom invariably wins in the end.
I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity…
We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government…
Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to…
There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.
I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the…
I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated.
I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the…
I think that if politics is just about getting your backside on important seats, then it's a pretty worthless endeavor.

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — Aristotle
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode… — Aristotle
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the… — Douglas Adams
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. — Edward Abbey
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind… — John Adams
To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism… — Joseph Addison
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism. — Annie Besant
Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. — Ambrose Bierce
I don't have any real spirituality in my life - I'm kind of an atheist - but when music can… — Jack Black
My dad was a militant atheist, or is a militant atheist. My mum was sort of bought up in a… — Tony Blair

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