Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2006-09-12 Sep 12, 2006To be sure, the doctrine of a personal God interfering with natural events could never be refuted, in the real sense, by science, for this doctrine can always take refuge in those domains in which scientific knowledge has not yet been able to set foot. But I am persuaded that such behavior on the part of the representatives of religion would not only be unworthy but also fatal. For a doctrine which is able to maintain itself not in clear light, but only in the dark, will of necessity lose its effect on mankind, with incalculable harm to human progress.~ Albert EinsteinReligious liberty is primarily a man’s liberty to profess a faith different from that of the dominant religion, and to unite in public worship with those who share his faith.~ Giovanni MieggeThe test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.~ Henri-Frédéric Amiel Sep 11, 2006Those of us who believe in the right of any human being to belong to whatever church he sees fit, and to worship God in his own way, cannot be accused of prejudice when we do not want to see public education connected with religious control of the schools, which are paid for by taxpayers' money.~ Eleanor RooseveltNo power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.~ Jeremy BenthamThe government must pursue a course of complete neutrality toward religion.~ Justice John Paul Stevens Sep 8, 2006[Socialism] is a creed even more denigrating than Catholicism, but it offers more tangible bribes for its acceptance.~ Auberon HerbertWe're too great a nation to allow the evildoers to affect our soul.~ George W. BushPeople constantly speak of 'the government' doing this or that, as they might speak of God doing it. But the government is really nothing but a group of men, and usually they are very inferior men.~ H. L. Mencken Sep 7, 2006The liberty of thinking and publishing whatsoever each one likes, without any hindrances, is not in itself an advantage over which society can wisely rejoice. On the contrary, it is the fountainhead and origin of many evils.~ Pope Leo XIIITo assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin.~ Cardnial Robert BellarmineOne Galileo in two thousand years is enough.~ Pope Pius XII Sep 6, 2006Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right?~ Jean-Baptiste SayYou have not converted a man because you have silenced him.~ John Viscount MorleyReligions are illogical primitive ignorance. There is nothing as ridiculous and tragic as a religious government.~ Leon Trotsky Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print