"No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism."

"Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act."

"Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd."

"Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class."

"For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most."