“To be an atheist is to maintain a scientific, rational, and intelligent way of thinking.”— Joseph Lewis
“Even on the basis of our present knowledge, we have no right to assume that the universe has a purpose.”— J. B. S. Haldane
“The atheist does not say 'there is no God,' but he says 'I know not what you mean by God.'”— Charles Bradlaugh
“The first revolt is against the supreme tyranny of theology, of the phantom of God.”— Mikhail Bakunin
“No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.”— Annie Besant
“No, I do not believe in a God, because I believe in man. Whatever his mistakes, man has for thousands of years been trying to remedy them.”— Alexander Berkman
“One must state it plainly. Religion comes from the period of human prehistory where nobody had the smallest idea what was going on.”— Christopher Hitchens