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The Christian theologian will never find a contradiction between the propositions of faith and reason, because it is his job to interpret them out of existence.

— George H. Smith Atheism: The Case Against God (1974)

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One can be committed to conformity or one can be committed to truth, but not both.

Atheism: The Case Against God (1974)

The physical capacity to coerce others can never generate a moral obligation to obey the dictates of [government] power.

The System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism (2013)

Taxes, then, are a necessary means for the maintenance of political power, so the laws, first and foremost, must enforce compulsory taxation.

The System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism (2013)

Taxes forcibly transfer wealth from producers to legislators, who justify their expropriations under cover of law.

The System of Liberty: Themes in the History of Classical Liberalism (2013)

Government cannot claim any jurisdiction over such rights, because inalienable rights, by their very nature, could never have been transferred to government in the first place.

The American Revolution and The Declaration of Independence (2017)

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Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.

Thomas Jefferson Letter to Peter Carr (1787)

I had never doubted my own abilities, but I was quite prepared to believe that "the world" would decline to recognize them.

Colin Wilson Postscript to the Outsider (1967)

Love is the active, working principle in all true faith. It is its very soul, without which it is dead. "Faith works by love."

Jonathan Edwards Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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