"Surely there is grandeur in knowing that in the realm of thought, at least,
you are without a chain; that you have the right to explore all heights and
all depths; that there are no walls nor fences, nor prohibited places, nor
sacred corners in all the vast expanse of thought; that your intellect owes
no allegiance to any being, human or divine; that you hold all in fee upon
no condition and by no tenure whatever; that in the world of mind you are
relieved from all personal dictation, and from the ignorant tyranny of
majorities. Surely it is worth something to feel that there are no popes,
no parties, no governments, no kings, no gods, to whom your intellect can
be compelled to pay a reluctant homage."

Robert G. Ingersoll