Top 7 Quotes by Rupert Hughes

As for those who protest that I am robbing people of the great comfort and consolation they gain from Christianity, I can only say that Christianity includes hell, eternal torture for the vast majority of humanity, for

As for those who protest that I am robbing people of the great comfort and consolation they gain from Christianity, I can only say that Christianity includes hell, eternal torture for the vast majority of humanity, for most of your relatives and friends. . . . If I could feel that I had robbed anybody of his faith in hell, I should not be ashamed or regretful.

Rupert Hughes

Relatives And Friends, People, Humanity

Rupert Hughes (1940). “Why I Quit Going to Church: With Answers to Critics and Correspondents”

Women's intuition is the result of millions of years of not thinking.

Rupert Hughes

Sarcastic, Women, Thinking

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He who helps destroy the boll-weevil has done as constructive work as he who plants the seed.

Rupert Hughes

Done, Helping, Plant

Rupert Hughes (1940). “Why I Quit Going to Church: With Answers to Critics and Correspondents”

Her face was her chaperone.

Rupert Hughes

Sarcastic, Sex, Faces

Rupert Hughes (1914). “The Last Rose of Summer”

The Flag still floats unblotted with defeat! But ah the blood that keeps its ripples red, The starry lives that keep its field alight.

Rupert Hughes

Uplifting, Memorial Day, Blood

The true lovers of humanity are those who put on the uniform with regret, fight like hell when they wear it, take it off without rejoicing, but hang it where it can be got at if necessary, and remember that they must still stand watch in civilian clothes over the trophies of victory.

Rupert Hughes

Regret, Fighting, Clothes