George W. Bush
President of the United States from 2001 to 2009
Charles Bradlaugh
British freethinker and politician
Charles Bradlaughwas an English political activist and atheist. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866, 15 years after George Holyoake had coined the term “secularism” in 1851.
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Charles Bradlaughwas an English political activist and atheist. He founded the National Secular Society in 1866, 15 years after George Holyoake had coined the term “secularism” in 1851.
In 1880, Bradlaugh was elected as the Liberal MP for Northampton. His attempt to affirm as an atheist ultimately led to his temporary imprisonment, fines for voting in the House of Commons illegally, and a number of by-elections at which Bradlaugh regained his seat on each occasion. He was finally allowed to take an oath in 1886. Eventually, a parliamentary bill which he proposed became law in 1888, which allowed members of both Houses of Parliament to affirm, if they so wished, when being sworn in. The new law resolved the issue for witnesses in civil and criminal court cases.
4 Quotes by Charles Bradlaugh
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Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.
Charles BradlaughBritish freethinker and politician
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Without free speech no search for truth is possible… no discovery of truth is useful.
Charles BradlaughBritish freethinker and politician
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The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the people, and entombs the hope of the race.
Charles BradlaughBritish freethinker and politician
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I cannot follow you Christians; for you try to crawl through your life upon your knees, while I stride through mine on my feet.
Charles BradlaughBritish freethinker and politician