My political life has been informed by the view that if there was any truth to religion there wouldn't really be any need for politics.

In order to terminate a pregnancy, you have to still a heartbeat, switch off a developing brain.

Religion is not just incongruent with morality, but in essential ways incompatible with it.

A virgin can conceive. A dead body can walk again. Your leprosy can be cured. The blind can see. Nonsense. It’s not moral to lie to children. It’s not moral to lie to ignorant, uneducated people and tell them that if they only would believe nonsense, they can be saved. It’s immoral.

A good liar must have a good memory. Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory.

Don't swallow your moral code in tablet form.

Everything about Christianity is contained in the pathetic image of 'the flock.