“Atheists have just as much civil right to teach atheism as Christians have to teach Christianity; agnostics have just as much right to teach agnosticism as Christians have to teach their religion.”

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence.

That is the one thing in my public career that I regret–my work to secure the enactment of the Federal Reserve Law.

A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being; but he who votes to increase the burden of debts upon the people of the United States assumes a graver responsibility.

Most of the temptations that come to us to sell the soul come in connection with the getting of money.

The people of Nebraska are for free silver and I am for free silver. I will look up the arguments later.

If it weren’t for the lawyers we wouldn’t need them.

Patriotism is a mystery-intangible, invisible, and yet eternal.

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.

Anglo-Saxon civilization has taught the individual to protect his own rights; American civilization will teach him to respect the rights of others.

Evolution is not truth; it is merely a hypothesis-it is millions of guesses strung together.

Principles are eternal.

Real estate is the best investment for small savings. More money is made from the rise in real estate values than from all other causes combined.

Never be afraid to stand with the minority when the minority is right, for the minority which is right will one day be the majority.

Selfish interest is one of the most common obstructions to the advance of truth.

I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.

Christianity … that musty old theology, which already has its grave clothes on, and is about to be buried… A wall of Bible, brimstone, church and corruption has hitherto hemmed women into nothingness.

One of the advantages of atheism is takes so little of your time.

It is better to be an outspoken atheist than a hypocrite.

Atheism is just a way of clearing the space for better conversations.

I don’t say that I’m an atheist. I don’t like that term, because I think it mirrors the certitude of religion. I say I don’t know. And if you don’t know – and you don’t – just man up and say you don’t know. Don’t turn to silly stories and ancient myths.

Idiots must stop claiming that atheism is a religion. Religion is defined as the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power. And atheism is… precisely not that. Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position.

The number one cause of atheism is Christians. Those who proclaim Him with their mouths and deny Him with their actions is what an unbelieving world finds unbelievable.

The parents have a right to say that no teacher paid by their money shall rob their children of faith in God and send them back to their homes skeptical, or infidels, or agnostics, or atheists.