Whenever the spirit of fanaticism, at once so credulous and so crafty, has insinuated itself into a noble mind, it insensibly corrodes… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
You do not have to obey the law you did not sign under, until you hurt anyone. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Under the pressure of fanaticism, and with the mob complacently applauding the show, democratic law tends more and more to be grounded… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Philosophy alone can boast (and perhaps it is no more than the boast of philosophy), that her gentle hand is able to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Long before it was known to me as a place where my ancestry was even remotely involved, the idea of a state… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be, and have been fanatics… — Thaddeus Stevens Copy Share Image
An uncontrolled imagination may become as surely intoxicated by overindulgence as a toper may do bodily with strong drink. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton Copy Share Image
Any political regime allowing a person to behave obsequiously to it may not be reputable at all. There is no other choice… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Manipulation of mass consciousness is based on the percolation of the required ideas under the values widespread in society. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
In our Richmond there is much fanaticism, but chiefly among the women. They have their night meetings and prayer parties, where, attended… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The 'gallows' are not only a symbol of death, but also a symbol of cruelty, terror and irreverence for life; the common… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“If a man happen to take it into his head to assassinate with his own hands, or with the sword of justice,… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
“The fundamentalist seeks to bring down a great deal more than buildings. Such people are against, to offer just a brief list,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Intellectuals, who go after the crowd - have never been intellectuals. Intellectuals should either lead the crowd after themselves, or completely isolate… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
The negative side of democracy is that the position of ideological minorities is not in power. However, the ideological minorities are often… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
We call for an end to the killing of one another, and we denounce the violence and fanaticism that threatens life. The… — Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople Copy Share Image
“Earthlog 3002-3003 In many of the monkey nations of earth their local governments often ban books, and yet not a single earth… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
No creature but human has practiced such a meaningless cause as looking for the meaning of life. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
