It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Quote by Robert A Heinlein

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It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they...

It's an indulgence to sit in a room and discuss your beliefs as if they...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good...

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your...

Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but...

Don't ever become a pessimist, Ira; a pessimist is correct oftener than an optimist, but...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I...

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

One man's magic is another man's engineering. Supernatural is a null word.

One man's magic is another man's engineering. Supernatural is a null word.

Never insult anyone by accident.

Never insult anyone by accident.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

Women will forgive anything. Otherwise, the race would have died out long ago.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away....

When a place gets crowded enough to require ID's, social collapse is not far away....

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

Money problems can always be solved by a man not frightened by them.

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and...

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for...

Theology is never any help; it is searching in a dark cellar at midnight for...

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and...

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and...

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

I never learned from a man who agreed with me.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.

Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.

Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.