"I’m not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history."
― Richard Dawkins
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History
More From Richard Dawkins
- "The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference."
- "When I say that human beings are just gene machines, one shouldn’t put too much emphasis on the word ‘just.’ There is a very great deal of complication, and indeed beauty in being a gene machine."
- "For the first half of geological time our ancestors were bacteria. Most creatures still are bacteria, and each one of our trillions of cells is a colony of bacteria."
More In History
- "I started in New Orleans music and played all through the history of jazz."― Steve Lacy
- "When I approach a child, he inspires in me two sentiments; tenderness for what he is, and respect for what he may become."― Louis Pasteur
- "The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at the history, a larger percentage of Republicans voted for that than did Democrats. But a Democrat president signed it, so they co-opted credit for having passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965."― Herman Cain