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I don't believe in God because I don't believe in Mother Goose.

— Clarence Darrow Speech in Toronto (1930)

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As quoted in Jesus: Myth Or Reality? (2006) by Ian Curtis | Religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don't believe in either. | As quoted in The New York Times (19 April 1936)

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I believe that religion is the belief in future life and in God. I don’t believe in either. I don’t believe in God as I don’t believe in Mother Goose.

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