Church tax exemption means that we all drop our money in the collection boxes, whether we go to church or not and whether we are interested in the church or not. It is systematic and complete robbery, from which none of us escapes. – E. Haldeman-Julius, The Church Is a Burden, Not a Benefit, In Social Life

Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims. – Morris Raphael Cohen

Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion. – Lucretius

We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion. – T. S. Eliot