"The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation"

"The Bible says, as a man thinketh in his heart, so is he"

"The Bible is the cradle wherein Christ is laid"

"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land"

"The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament"

"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile"

"I have a friend who lives in the South Side of Chicago. I helped out at a church charity there where they try to give a bit of cohesion to a desperate area. Everyone was very welcoming"

"Every nut who kills people has a Bible lying around. If you're looking for violent rape imagery, the Bible's right there in your hotel room. If you just want to look up ways to screw people up, there it is, and you're justified because God told you to"

"The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed"

"The Bible is the rock on which this Republic rests"

"There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being"