I think an atheist would have a better understanding of morals than anyone else. Because he is not simply following a set of morals dictated to them by some one or some religion. This si something I really used to look upon with envy even when I was a practicing Muslim.
"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one."