“ The humanitarian philosophies that have been developed (sometimes under some religious banner and invariably in the face of religious opposition) are human inventions, as the name implies - and our sp… Harry W. Kroto
“ If we could believe that he [Jesus] really countenanced the follies, the falsehoods, and the charlatanism which his biographers [Gospels] father on him, and admit the misconstructions, interpolations,… Thomas Jefferson
“ I do not think anyone can read the letters which passed between Clarke and [Anthony] Collins without admitting that Collins, who writes with wonderful Power and closeness of reasoning, has by far the… Thomas Henry Huxley
“ [n regard to Jesus believing himself inspired]This belief carried no more personal imputation than the belief of Socrates that he was under the care and admonition of a guardian demon. And how many of… Thomas Jefferson
“ The forces of piety have always and everywhere been the sworn enemy of the open mind and the open book. Christopher Hitchens
“ People know when they are being lied to, they know when their rulers are absurd, they know they do not love their chains. Christopher Hitchens
“ If you want to stay in for the long haul, and lead a life that is free from illusions either propagated by you or embraced by you, then I suggest you learn to recognize and avoid the symptoms of the z… Christopher Hitchens
“ Notwithstanding the fact that infidels in all ages have battled for the rights of man, and have at all times been the fearless advocates of liberty and justice, we are constantly charged by the church… Robert G. Ingersoll
“ In an average day, you may well be confronted with some species of bullying or bigotry, or some ill-phrased appeal to the general will, or some petty abuse of authority. If you have a political loyalt… Christopher Hitchens
“ Nearly all people stand in great horror of annihilation, and yet to give up your individuality is to annihilate yourself. Mental slavery is mental death, and every man who has given up his intellectua… Robert G. Ingersoll
“ As a human being you have the right to express yourself. You have the right to journey wherever your mind wanders and to express the thoughts you come up with along the way. You have the right to beli… Raif Badawi
“ As nature has uncovered from under this hard shell the seed for which she most tenderly cares - the propensity and vocation to free thinking - this gradually works back upon the character of the peopl… Immanuel Kant
“ Indeed it may be said with some confidence that the average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. There are moments when his cogitations are relatively more respectable than usual, but… H.L. Mencken
“ Far from being marginalized, as is presently the case, nineteenth-century freethought was a social movement at the core of our national life. Fred Whitehead
“ Says the Cardinal: "Freethought leads to Atheism, to the destruction of social and civil order, and to the overthrow of government." I accept the gentleman's statement; I credit him with much intellec… Voltairine de Cleyre
“ [The Truth Seeker is] Devoted to: science, morals, free thought, free discussions, liberalism, sexual equality, labor reform, progression, free education and whatever tends to elevate and emancipate t… De Robigne Mortimer Bennett
“ As men's prayers are a disease of the will, so are their creeds a disease of the intellect. Ralph Waldo Emerson
“ The terrible error in the course of human civilization is undoubtedly the defective judgment that allowed religious authorities usurp the foundation of societal morality, in which all collective ethic… Adebowale Ojowuro
