THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind
- that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side
have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and
honest thinking.

I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly
useless to the race, and that no trumpeting of falsehood, however
virtuous in intent, can be anything but vicious.

I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must
necessarily make war upon liberty...

I believe that the evidence for immortality is no better than the
evidence of witches, and deserves no more respect. I believe in the
complete freedom of thought and speech...

I believe in the capacity of man to conquer his world, and to find out
what it is made of, and how it is run.

I believe in the reality of progress. I - But the whole thing, after
all, may be put very simply.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than to lie.

I believe that it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe
that it is better to know than be ignorant.

- H.L. Mencken