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Quote by Archibald MacLeish

“The infantile cowardice of our time which demands an external pattern, a nonhuman authority.”

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Archibald MacLeish was an American poet, playwright, and government official, born on May 7, 1892, and died on April 20, 1982. His poetry often addressed social and political issues, and he made significant contributions to both poetry and drama. more

“Because the bill in reserving a certain parcel of land in the United States for the use of said Baptist Church comprises a principle and a precedent for the appropriation of funds of the United States for the use and support of religious societies, contrary to the article of the Constitution which declares that "Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment."”

Source: The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819

“Torrents of blood have been spilt in the world in vain attempts of the secular arm to extinguish religious discord, by proscribing all differences in religious opinions.”

World Has Beens Differences Religious Opinion Blood Atheism Arms Positive Atheism Vain Secular Discord

Book:A memorial and remonstrance, on the religious rights of man; written in 1784-5, at the request of the religious society of Baptists in Virginia. ...

Source: A memorial and remonstrance, on the religious rights of man; written in 1784-5, at the request of the religious society of Baptists in Virginia. ...

“Our reason may prove what it will: our reason is only a feeble ray that has issued from Nature.”

May Reason Atheism Prove Positive Atheism Rays

Book:Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

Source: Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck

“I, personally, am unable to accept any revealed religion, Christian or not.”

Christian Accepting Atheism Positive Atheism Religion Christian

Author:Bronislaw Malinowski

“Whatever may be God's future, we cannot forget His past.”

May Past Forget Atheism Positive Atheism

Author:William Hurrell Mallock

“The distrust and suspicion which men everywhere evidence toward their adversaries, at all states of historical development, may be regarded as the immediate precursor to the notion of ideology.”

Men May States Atheism Development Evidence Historical Notion Positive Atheism Ideology Suspicion Distrust Adversaries Precursor All State