Full Idea
Atheism is the most atrocious crime, and should be tolerated in no republic, however free.
Gist of Idea
Atheism is an atrocious and intolerable crime in any country
Source
René Descartes (Letters to Voetius [1640], VIIIB:174), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 20.2
Book Reference
Pasnau,Robert: 'Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671' [OUP 2011], p.433