Able Quote by Christopher Hitchens

[Religion] attacks us in our deepest integrity - the core of our self-respect. Religion says that we would not know right from wrong, we…

— Christopher Hitchens

The very idea that we get a moral compass from religion is horrible. Not only should we not get our moral compass from religion,…

— Richard Dawkins

Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.

— George Washington

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Although religion might be useful in developing a solid moral framework - and enforcing it - we can quite easily develop moral intuitions without…

— Robert Winston

As soon as we lose the moral basis, we cease to be religious. There is no such thing as religion over-riding morality. Man, for…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in…

— Felix Adler

“Religion, by its very nature as an untestable belief in undetectable beings and an unknowable afterlife, disables our reality checks. It ends the conversation.…

— Greta Christina

Basic religion is the reason we have morals.

— Brandon Flowers

Religion gets in the way of morality.

— Kim Campbell

“One of the most pernicious effects of religion is that it tends to divorce morality from the reality of human and animal suffering. Religion…

— Sam Harris

... so far from entrenching human conduct within the gentle barriers of peace and love, religion has ever been, and now is, the deepest…

— Frances Wright