“I believe that when I am dead, I am dead. I believe that with my death I am just as much obliterated as the last mosquito you and I squashed.” …
Publications
Jim Hightower
“It makes me happier than a mosquito in a nudist colony to be standing up here, looking out at all of you.” …
Aldo Leopold
“He thought organized religion was all right for many people, but did not partake of it himself.” …
Alice Paul
“Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.” …
G.W. Foote
“Who burnt heretics? Who roasted or drowned millions of ‘witches’? Who built dungeons and filled them? Who brought forth cries of agony from honest men and women that rang to …
Francisco Ferrer
“Science has shown that the story of the creation is a myth and the gods legendary.”“When the masses become better informed about science, they will feel less need for help …
Col. Ethan Allen
“In the circle of my acquaintance, (which has not been small), I have generally been denominated a Deist, the reality of which I never disputed, being conscious I am no …
Simone de Beauvoir
“Man enjoys the great advantage of having a God endorse the codes he writes; and since man exercises a sovereign authority over woman, it is especially fortunate that this authority …
Linda Greenhouse
“[I]t’s past time for the rest of us to step back and consider the impact of religion’s current grip on public policy — not only on the right to abortion, …