Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. Therefore...
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Francis Bacon
So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of reason and science have been discredited, the world will not pass into the hands of credulous herbivores who keep crystals by their sides...
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Christopher Hitchens
Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.
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Denis Diderot
I believe in political equality. But there are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in...
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C.s. Lewis
The prince's official job description as king will be 'defender of the faith, ' which currently means the state-financed absurdity of the Anglican Church, but he has more than once said publicly that he wants to be anointed as defender of all faiths–another indication of...
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Christopher Hitchens
More Quotes By Ezra Stiles
The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people.
A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.
