Madalyn Murray O’Hair Quotes

The relationships that people have – that are sexual, psychological, emotional – these relationships are not open to supervision by parents, schools, churches, or government. Nobody has any right to intervene at all in any kind of relationship like that.

– Madalyn Murray O’Hair

I want three words: Woman, Atheist, Anarchist. That’s me.

– Madalyn Murray O’Hair

I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person.

– Madalyn Murray O’Hair

Religion is induced insanity.

– Madalyn Murray O’Hair

No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time – nor ever will.

– Madalyn Murray O’Hair

An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated.

– Madalyn Murray O’Hair

I feel that everyone has a right to be insane.

– Madalyn Murray O’Hair

In an unconstitutional partnership with the state, the church can impose the most irresistible, if covert, controls conceivable.

– Madalyn Murray O’Hair

Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.

– Madalyn Murray O’Hair