Chapman Cohen quotes

Human society is born in the shadow of religious fear, and in that stage the suppression of heresy is a sacred social duty. Then comes the rise of a priesthood, and the independent thinker is met with punishment in this world and the threat of eternal damnation hereafter. Even today it is from the religious side that the greatest danger to freedom of thought comes. Religion is the last thing that man will civilise. (Chapman Cohen)

Atheist is really ʺa thoroughly honest, unambiguous term,ʺ it admits of no paltering and of no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear - cut issues and unambiguous speech.

Chapman Cohen

All my life I have made it a rule never to permit a religious man or woman take for granted that his or her religious beliefs deserved more consideration than non-religious beliefs or anti-religious ones. I never agree with that foolish statement that I ought to respect the views of others when I believe them to be wrong.

Chapman Cohen

Gods are fragile things, they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense.

Chapman Cohen

Granting that an illusion may have its uses, it can only be of service so long as we do not know it to be an illusion.

Chapman Cohen

Facts are more insistent than theories, and in the last resort it is the nature of things which determine the course of our actions.

Chapman Cohen

Of the four terms ... Praise, Blame, Punishment, and Responsibility, the cardinal and governing one is the last.

Chapman Cohen

The average man is happier in the wrong with a crowd, than he is in the right with only one or two companions.

Chapman Cohen

Chapman Cohen

Occupation: British Writer
Born: September 1, 1868
Died: February 4, 1954
Quotes count: 8
Wikipedia: Chapman Cohen

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