“Morality is similar to religion - it is a somniferous drug which blinds people from seeing the squalor of their lives.”

“One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.”

“Morality is a matter of money. Poor people cannot afford to have morals. So they have religion.”

“Morality comes from religion? There are no Baptist babies or Catholic babies or Muslim babies. Religion is imposed on children by adults and society, and morality is an evolutionary adaptation. Period.”

“The people of North America have little idea of religion, but they have strict public morality. The Latin people are without morality but they are highly religious.”

“The terror of society, which is the basis of morals, the terror of God, which is the secret of religion-these are the two things that govern us.”