February 2, 2012
"Our belief is not a belief. Our principles are not a faith. We do not rely soley upon science and reason, because these are necessary rather than sufficient factors, but we distrust anything that contradicts science or outrages reason. We may differ on many things, but what we respect is free inquiry, openmindedness, and the pursuit of ideas for their own sake."

— Christopher Hitchens

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April 23, 2011
"…the pattern and original of all dictatorship is the surrender of reason to absolutism and the abandonment of critical, objective inquiry."

— Christopher Hitchens, Message to American Atheists

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February 8, 2011
"Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift."

— Albert Einstein

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