Annie Besant Quotes

Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
Annie Besant

Experience, Until, Denial

Liberty is a great celestial Goddess, strong, beneficent, and austere, and she can never descend upon a nation by the shouting of crowds, nor by arguments of unbridled passion, nor by the hatred of class against class.
Annie Besant

Great, Strong, Passion

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.
Annie Besant

Silent, Act, Prepared

No philosophy, no religion, has ever brought so glad a message to the world as this good news of Atheism.
Annie Besant

Religion, Good, Philosophy

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.
Annie Besant

Women, Greatest, Evil

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: October 1, 1847

Died: September 20, 1933

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