A Stewart

“The illusion of free will is straining under the weight of determinism.”
― Robert Kroese, Mercury Falls

“The leaders of the church know perfectly well that prayer is not intended to gratify the devout. So that, every time they accept a donation in return for some petition, they are accepting a gross negation of their faith: a faith that depends on the passive acceptance of the devout and not on their making demands for betterment”
― Christopher Hitchens, Mortality

“AQ could not defeat us, but we could undermine our own institutions and threaten our own liberties if we overreacted.”
― Henry A. Crumpton, The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA's Clandestine Service

“In man there is implanted a sporting instinct to side with the underdog, but this is in man, the individual. Mob psychology is different from individual psychology, and the psychology of the pack is to tear down the weaker and devour the wounded. Man may sympathize with the underdog, but he wants to side with the winner.”
― Erle Stanley Gardner, The Case of the Sulky Girl