Quotes about Fanaticism

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Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they — Mercedes Lackey, Changes
From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable. — Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses
There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything. — Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries! Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerou — Winston S. Churchill, The River War
[W]hat makes patriotic and religious fanatics such dangerous opponents is not the deaths of the fanatics themselves, but — Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who h — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
It is more difficult to undermine faith than knowledge, love succumbs to change less than to respect, hatred is more dur — Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf
People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction. — Umberto Eco, The Prague Cemetery
Fear prophets, Adso, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often b — Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty. — Bart D. Ehrman, God's Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question - Why We Suffer
People who change their religion should face the death penalty. — Zakir Naik
If I were asked for a one-sentence sound bite on religion, I would say I was against it. — Salman Rushdie
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched."] — Guy de Maupassant, The Complete Short Stories Vol. 2 of 3
What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll — Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary
In that face, deformed by hatred of philosophy, I saw for the first time the portrait of the Antichrist, who does not co — Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose
The fault, of course, is not in religion, but in the fanatic of every religion. Fanaticism remains the greatest carrier — Wole Soyinka, Climate of Fear: The Quest for Dignity in a Dehumanized World
Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who h — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Long before it was known to me as a place where my ancestry was even remotely involved, the idea of a state for Jews (or — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Freedom is that you harness from being a slave to the one you love. — Lukhman Pambra
fanaticism is the only way to put an end to the doubts that constantly trouble the human soul. — Paulo Coelho, The Zahir