“Rationalism may be defined as the mental attitude which unreservedly accepts the supremacy of reason and aims at establishing a system of philosophy and ethics verifiable by experience and independent of all arbitrary assumptions of authority.” (Memorandum of the Aims and Objects the Rationalist Press Association, London, c.1895)

"The world is my country; all of humanity are my brethren; and to do good deeds is my religion." (Thomas Paine)