“Past experience has shown that the Islamists gain space when civilian ...” — Asma Jahangir Quote

“Past experience has shown that the Islamists gain space when civilian authority weakens.”

“Every fair-minded person holding a position of authority must support the few who have stood up against the injustice being perpetrated in the name of blasphemy.”

“I suppose anyone who calls a dictator a dictator is 'dangerous' and 'imbalanced.'”

“For thousands of years, humans believed that authority came from the gods. Then, during the modern era, humanism gradually shifted authority from deities to people.”

“Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.”

“If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is of no more authority than any other uninspired volume, how is it that the book is what it is?”