"It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics, though she is still forbidden to resort to physics or chemistry." - H.L. Mencken

"The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions should be respected." - H.L. Mencken , "A Mencken Chrestomathy", 1916

"There is, in fact, nothing about religious opinions that entitles them to any more respect than other opinions get. On the contrary, they tend to be noticeably silly." - H.L. Mencken

"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart." - H.L. Mencken

Every sect as far as reason will help them, gladly use it; when it fails them, they cry out it is a matter of faith, and beyond reason. - John Locke [ more quotes ] English philosopher (1632-1704) ©2010 HNPS. All rights reserved.