Atheism Quote by Michael Novak

Consciences can be accommodated here, even those that have no ground for holding that conscience is sacred, inalienable, and prior to civil society

— Michael Novak

Atheists can be good people; they just have no objective way to judge the conduct of those who are not.

— Michael Gerson

Those are not at all to be tolerated who deny the being of God. Promises, covenants, and oaths, which are the bonds of human…

— John Locke

God is conscience. He is even the atheism of the atheist.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any ... people of any religious faith in this country.

— Al Gore

Atheists have as much conscience, possibly more, than people with deep religious conviction, and they still have the same problem of how they reconcile…

— Ian Mcewan

We (atheists) act in good conscience because we believe in moral principles, not because we expect a reward in Heaven.

— Margherita Hack

“Shouldn't it be atheists, believing they are not being watched, who commit virtually all the crimes and fill up all the prisons, while people…

— Guy P. Harrison

Being an atheist makes someone a clearer thinking, fairer person. They [atheists] are not doing things to be rewarded in heaven; they're doing things…

— Ricky Gervais

“An atheist is respectable as long as he does not teach that the dignity of man is the basis of ethics and that love…

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. And that's the kind of culture that…

— Barack Obama

Actually, I don't like Atheists very much - at least most of them ~ because they are not motivated to move into the community…

— Madalyn Murray O'Hair