Quote#Truth
Atheist is really ʺa thoroughly honest, unambiguous term,ʺ it admits…
Quote byChapman Cohen · 1868–1954
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Theism Or Atheism: The Great Alternative (1921), Chapter XIII: Agnosticism..
English (original)
Atheist is really ʺa thoroughly honest, unambiguous term,ʺ it admits of no paltering and of no evasion, and the need of the world, now as ever, is for clear‐cut issues and unambiguous speech.
— Chapman Cohen
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