�The next time they give you all that civic bullshit about voting, keep in mind that Hitler was elected in a full, free democratic election�
-- George Carlin

"Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst; every other species of tyranny is limited to the world we live in; but this attempts to stride beyond the grave, and seeks to pursue us into eternity."
-� Thomas Paine

"The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by 'God' one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity."
-- Carl Sagan

"God made me an atheist. Who are you to question his wisdom?"

"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet."
-- Napoleon Bonaparte

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

"If Jesus had been killed 20 years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little Electric Chairs around their necks instead of crosses"
-- Lenny Bruce

"Two hands working can do more than a thousand clasped in prayer."

"Power corrupts; Absolute power corrupts absolutely; God is all-powerful. Draw your own conclusions."

"Have you taken Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior? No? Then you're probably not in politics."
-- Lewis Black