Portal:Atheism/Selected quotes/19

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• "In this subject of the nature of the gods, the first question is, do the gods exist or do they not? It is difficult, you eill say, to deny that they exist. I would agree if we were arguing the matter in a public assembly. But in a private discussion of this kind, it is perfectly easy to do so." - Cicero

• "Religion is considered by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful." - Seneca

• "I do not believe in God, but as I sat there in the damaged [balloon] capsule, hopelessly vulnerable to the slightest shift in weather or mechanical fault, I could not believe my eyes." - Richard Branson

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