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Francis Wright Quotes

Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself Picture Quote #1

Who speaks of liberty while the human mind is in chains? Picture Quote #1

Man has been adjudged a social animal Picture Quote #1

Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you Picture Quote #1

Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one Picture Quote #1

Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it Picture Quote #1

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A necessary consequent of religious belief is the attaching ideas of merit to that belief, and of demerit to its absence Picture Quote #1

And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind Picture Quote #1

Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against Picture Quote #1

Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see change? Picture Quote #1

The hired preachers of all sects, creeds, and religions, never do, and never can, teach any thing but what is in conformity with the opinions of those who pay them Picture Quote #1

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Awaken its powers, and it will respect itself (Francis Wright Quotes) Who speaks of liberty while the human mind is in chains? (Francis Wright Quotes) Man has been adjudged a social animal (Francis Wright Quotes) Know why you believe, understand what you believe, and possess a reason for the faith that is in you (Francis Wright Quotes) Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one (Francis Wright Quotes) Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it (Francis Wright Quotes) A necessary consequent of religious belief is the attaching ideas of merit to that belief, and of demerit to its absence (Francis Wright Quotes) And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind (Francis Wright Quotes) Look into the nature of things. Search out the grounds of your opinions, the for and against (Francis Wright Quotes) Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see change? (Francis Wright Quotes) The hired preachers of all sects, creeds, and religions, never do, and never can, teach any thing but what is in conformity with the opinions of those who pay them (Francis Wright Quotes)