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"The fundamental cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell
"Real religion should be something that liberates men. But churches don't want free men who can think for themself and find their own divinity within. When a religion becomes organized it is no longer a religious experience but only superstition and estrangement." - Federico Fellini, c.1981 60 Minutes intterview by Harry Reasoner
"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom." - Albert Einstein
"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction." - Blaise Pascal
"Fundamentalism isn't about religion, it's about power." - Salman Rushdie
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony
"The main doctrine of a fanatic's creed is that his enemies are the enemies of God." - Andrew White
"Organized Religion is like Organized Crime; it preys on peoples' weakness, generates huge profits for its operators, and is almost impossible to eradicate." -Mike Hermann