World War I concientious objector Howard W.
Moore when asked, "If you
don't believe in God, what sustains you?" said, "My own sense of moral
responsibility. To accept an authority outside oneself is to deny
onself the right to make an ultimate decision. Understanding that and
the consequences likely to follow is to know freedom in the deepest
sense."
--Howard W. Moore. Plowing My Own Furrow.