"Morality is doing what is right, no matter……" — H. L. Mencken

"Morality is doing what is right, no matter what you are told. Religion is doing what you are told, no matter what is right."

— H. L. Mencken

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647 Quotes by H. L. Mencken

H. L. Mencken has 647 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A man full of faith is simply one who has lost the capacity for clear and realistic thought.
Religion deserves no more respect than a pile of garbage.
When I die, I shall be content to vanish into nothingness.... No show, however good, could conceivably be good forever…
People say we need religion when what they really mean is we need police.
Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he…
Well, I tell you, if I have been wrong in my agnosticism, when I die I'll walk up to God…
The Old Testament, as everyone who has looked into it is aware, drips with blood; there is, indeed, no more…
Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt.
To every complex question there is a simple answer and it is wrong...
The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is…
I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services…
Goverment is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really good one, and even those…

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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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