No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.

Aside from theology and sex there is really nothing to talk about.

No citizen enjoys genuine freedom of religious conviction until the state is indifferent to every form of religious outlook from Atheism to Zoroastrianism.

The test, surely, of a creed is not the ability of those who accept it to announce their faith; its test is its ability to change their behavior in the ordinary round of daily life. Judged by that test, I know no religion that has a moral claim upon the allegiance of men.

The only real security for social well-being is the free exercise of men's minds.

It would be madness to let the purposes or the methods of private enterprise set the habits of the age of atomic energy.

A healthy loyalty is not passive and complacent, but active and critical.