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Superstition and Despotism

"When Christianity asks the aid of government beyond mere impartial protection, it denies itself. Its laws are divine and not human. Its essential interests lie beyond the reach and range of human governments. United with government, religion never rises above the merest superstition; united with religion, government never rises above the merest despotism; and all history shows us that the more widely and completely they are separated, the better it is for both."

...we wouldn't get our deposit back

"Underground nuclear testing, defoliation of the rain forests, toxic waste ... Let's put it this way: if the world were a big apartment, we wouldn't get our deposit back".

How can they say my life is not a success?

"How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten"?

What religion a man shall have...

"What religion a man shall have is a historical accident, quite as much as what language he shall speak".

occupy another country and kill its people

“What religion, please tell me, tells you as a follower of that religion to occupy another country and kill its people, please tell me, does Christianity tell its followers to do that”?

...committed citizens can change the world

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

They just want the oil

"They just want the oil. We must expose this as much as possible."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2710181.stm

Favorite Quotes

Over and over, we have been told by our opponents that bigger tax cuts and fewer regulations are the only way, that since government can’t do everything, it should do almost nothing. If you can’t afford health insurance, hope that you don’t get sick. If a company releases toxic pollution into the air your children breathe, well, that’s the price of progress.

Democratic National Convention - September 6, 2012