"Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty." — David Hume

"Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty."

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216 Quotes by David Hume

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All the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature; and...however wide any of them may seem to…
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most…
Your corn is ripe today; mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both, that I should labour with…
Your corn is ripe today, mine will be so tomorrow. 'Tis profitable for us both that I should labor with…
Look round this universe. What an immense profusion of beings, animated and organized, sensible and active! You admire this prodigious…
I do not have enough faith to believe there is no god.
God is an ever-present spirit guiding all that happens to a wise and holy end.
Nothing indeed can be a stronger presumption of falsehood than the approbation of the multitude.
The many instances of forged miracles, and prophecies, and supernatural events, which, in all ages, have either been detected by…
All this creative power of the mind amounts to no more than the faculty of compounding, transposing, augmenting, or diminishing…
To consider the matter aright, reason is nothing but a wonderful and unintelligible instinct in our souls, which carries us…
Tis evident that all reasonings concerning matter of fact are founded on the relation of cause and effect, and that…

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More Atheism Quotes

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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
To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism. — Mary Astell
A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. — Francis Bacon
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. — Francis Bacon
I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal… — Francis Bacon
Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased… — Francis Bacon
You can educate yourself right out of a relationship with God. — Tammy Faye Bakker
People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery,… — Mikhail Bakunin
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the… — Douglas Adams
Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves. — Brigitte Bardot
Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination. — Edward Abbey

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