Quotation by

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist.

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Coleridge suggests that very few people possess both the mental resilience and moral character needed to reject belief in a higher power. He implies that atheism requires a rare combination of intellectual and ethical qualities that most individuals lack.

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