"Have you considered that system of holy lies……" — John Adams

"Have you considered that system of holy lies and pious frauds that has raged and triumphed for 1500 years."

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128 Quotes by John Adams

John Adams has 128 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to…
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any…
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot…
Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did…
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man…
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

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More Anti Religious Quotes

This quote is filed under Anti Religious Quotes, one of 26 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him. — Arthur C. Clarke
Legalizing gay marriage is not about making it possible for gay people to become couples. It's about giving the Left… — Orson Scott Card
All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted… — Chapman Cohen
If I lived in a Communist country today where certain principles dear to the Christian faith are suppressed, I believe… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The issues which today confront the nation are clearly defined and so fundamental as to directly involve the very survival… — Douglas MacArthur
The ultimate goal of the anti-religious elites is to transform America into a completely secular nation, a nation that is… — Ron Paul
Nonbelievers are not anti-religious, they are anti-fraud and anti-deception. — Steve Fowler
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. — Benjamin Franklin
Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents. — Camille Paglia
Let the human mind loose. It must be loose. It will be loose. Superstition and dogmatism cannot confine it. — John Adams
Religions are all alike- founded upon fables and mythologies. — Thomas Jefferson
The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. — John Adams

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