Quotes About Zealotry

Whether the idea was taken from the Spanish Inquisition whose methods it so resembled or from the example of the Russian secret police, whether it sprang from Himmler's own zealotry, it was a deliberate policy designed to suppress by fear all actual or potential opposition or even criticism of the regime.

Nothing drives people to loony extremes more than religion and national pride.

The zealot may be outwardly motivated by the anticipation of a great reward at the other end—wealth, fame, eternal salvation—but the real recompense is probably the obsession itself. This is no less true for the religious fanatic than for the fanatical pianist or fanatical mountain climber. As a result of his (or

There is such a thing as fanaticism, it is always wrong, and if you disagree, you're wrong too.

A true believer is a danger to humanity.

Obama, Bloomberg and nearly every politician and gun-ban zealot pushing for a universal background check system are on record supporting mandatory gun registration, outright bans and even confiscation. To them, 'universal background checks' are just the first step in their long march to destroying our Second Amendment-protected rights.

Scattered across the Roman Empire, it was only natural for the gospel writers to distance themselves from the Jewish independence movement by erasing, as much as possible, any hint of radicalism or violence, revolution or zealotry, from the story of Jesus, and to adapt Jesus's words and actions to the new political situation in which they found themselves.

Fundamentalists know what they believe and they know that nothing will change their minds.

There is not a more melancholy object than a man who has his head turned with religious enthusiasm.

Fanaticism soberly defined, is the false fire of an over heated mind.

Sports, politics, and religion are the three passions of the badly educated.

The disgrace of the church in the twentieth century is that more zeal is evident among Communists and cultists than among Christians.

If a fanatic is willing to give his life for a cause, he's probably willing to give yours as well.

If, say, she suspects someone in the family or the kibbutz of adopting a right-wing position or if they dare to say a kind word about the settlers or, God forbid, begin to find just a little bit of religion—then she'll unleash an ungodly terror, fire and brimstone.

Kill them all in the Name of the Lord.

The cardinal doctrine of a fanatic's creed is that his enemies are the enemies of God.

It is a zealot's faith that blasts the shrines of the false god, but builds no temple to the true.

Mass movements can rise and spread without belief in a God, but never without belief in a devil.

Kill them all and let God sort them out.

It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God.

Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.

when men believed too strongly, it made them cruel.

Fanatic. One who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Nuts didn't need religion to make them nuts, Allison had long since decided, but it did seem to give them a certain added sense of commitment to whatever goals their nutdom decided to embrace.