Atheism Quote by H. L. Mencken

There is no man but for his own interest hath an obligation to be honest. There may be sometimes temptations to be otherwise; but,…

— Owen Feltham

The greatest crimes have been found, in many instances, to be compatible with a superstitious piety and devotion; hence it is justly regarded as…

— David Hume

The man who has no mind of his own lends it to the priests.

— George Meredith

“We priests are in some ways a sad group of men. Born into the world to render service to mankind, there is no one…

— Shūsaku Endō

The creed of sacrifice is a morality for the immoral.

— Ayn Rand

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses…

— Thomas Jefferson

“If priests—of all clans—were free of disease and immune to death, then there might be some basis for the claim of the religionists. But…

— Joseph Lewis

The priest invents and encourages every kind of suffering and distress so that man may not have the opportunity to become scientific, which requires…

— Robert Sheaffer

Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

What, but the rapacity of the only men who exercised their reason, the priests, secured such vast property to the church, when a man…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“We Catholics have not only to do our best to keep down our own warring passions and live decent lives, which will often be…

— Ronald A. Knox