Portal:Atheism/Selected quotes/18

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  • "The whole religious complexion of the modern world is due to the absence, from Jerusalem, of a lunatic asylum." - Havelock Ellis
  • "Certainly you don't believe in the gods? What's your argument? Where's your proof?" - Aristophanes
  • "A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side." - Aristotle