Born Friday 1 October 1847, died Wednesday 20 September 1933
Professions: Activist, Philosopher, Writer
Nationality: English
No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.
For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.
Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.
Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.