The origin of the absurd idea of immortal life is easy to discover; it is kept alive by hope and fear, by childish faith, and by cowardice.
CLARENCE DARROWCalvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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The fear of God is not the beginning of wisdom. The fear of God is the death of wisdom. Skepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom.
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Wars always bring about a conservative reaction. They overwhelm and destroy patient and careful efforts to improve the condition of man.
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Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt.
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Human action is governed largely by instinct and emotion.
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I feel as I always have, that the earth is the home and the only home of man, and I am convinced that whatever he is to get out of his existence he must get while he is here.
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I am not afraid of any god in the universe who would send me or any other man or woman to hell. If there were such a being, he would not be a god; he would be a devil.
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For to know all is to understand all, and this leaves no room for judgment and condemnation.
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An agnostic is a doubter. The word is generally applied to those who doubt the verity of accepted religious creeds of faiths.
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No other offense has ever been visited with such severe penalties as seeking to help the oppressed.
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I had grown tired of standing in the lean and lonely front line facing the greatest enemy that ever confronted man — public opinion.
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There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
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The difference between the child and the man lies chiefly in the unlimited confidence and buoyancy of youth.
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Some of you say religion makes people happy. So does laughing gas.
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Calvin Coolidge was the greatest man who ever came out of Plymouth Corner, Vermont.
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Chloroform unfit children. Show them the same mercy that is shown beasts that are no longer fit to live.
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