"Throughout the three decades preceding the Civil War, the anticlerical ethos of the radical abolitionists was used against them by religious opponents of emancipation, who . . . even described abolitionism itself as an atheist plot."

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Source : Susan Jacoby (2005). “Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism”, p.70, Macmillan

Susan Jacoby

#Religious Quotes #Atheist Quotes #War Quotes

“When you fall into a black hole you will be literally spaghettified.”
“I'm dead annoyed that I'm finding it so difficult to stop. But I am getting there [on kicking smoking habit]”
“The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.”

Source : Richard K. Morgan (2007). “Thirteen”, p.245, Del Rey
“A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.”
“There have been only three epoch-making mathematicians, Archimedes, Newton, and Eisenstein.”

Source : "Mathematics, Queen and Servant of Science". Book by Eric Temple Bell, 1951.
“I used to hang out with a bunch of old punk rockers when I was a little kid.”
“A cheap and easy cynicism rails at everything. The master of the art accomplishes the formidable task of discrimination.”
“Singleton has an almost uncanny ability to resist being caught up in the fads and fancies of the moment. Like most great innovators [and investors! - Ed.], Henry Singleton is supremely indifferent to criticism.”

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