“We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; non...” — Frances Wright Quote

We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention.

The existing principle of selfish interest and competition has been carried to its extreme point; and, in its progress, has isolated the heart of man, blunted the edge of his finest sensibilities, and annihilated all his most generous impulses and sympathies.

Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it.

If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.

I would want the British reader to feel that religion in America isn't an absurd thing - a sign of a pin head athwart a gigantic body.

Dora was stunned by this information. She stopped. 'Do you mean' she said, 'that they're completely imprisoned in there?'

God is universal," spluttered the priest.

Everyone who has ever asked for asylum in Slovakia was granted asylum if that person met the conditions. There was never any discrimination based on religion.

To my way of thinking, there is every bit as much evidence for the