Crusades Quotes

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Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam… — Karen Armstrong
It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam. — Omar Bongo
In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate… — Jimmy Carter
Billy Graham is one of my great lifetime heroes. I think he epitomizes the essence of what a Christian leader should be. I have participated… — Jimmy Carter
When people talk as if the Crusades were nothing more than an aggressive raid against Islam, they seem to forget in the strangest way that… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Some few, & I am one, even wish to God, though at the loss of millions of lives, that the North would proclaim a crusade… — Charles Darwin
The thirst for adventure is the vent which Destiny offers; a war, a crusade, a gold mine, a new country, speak to the imagination and… — Jose Bergamin
preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people. — Thomas Jefferson
The fruits of Christianity were religious wars, butcheries, crusades, inquisitions, extermination of the natives of America, and the introduction of African slaves in their place. — Arthur Schopenhauer
The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical. And that is… — Rick Santorum
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
It is characteristic of all movements and crusades that the psychopathic element rises to the top. — Robert M. Lindner
This attempt to ban smoking is an example of social engineering on a vast scale. Such massive intervention in the private lives and choices of… — Charles Orville Whitley
The very fears and guilts imposed by religious training are responsible for some of history's most brutal wars, crusades, pogroms, and persecutions, including five centuries… — Barbara G. Walker
...until the Crusades Islam was indistinguishable from Judaism and... only then did it receive its independent character, while Muhammad and the first Caliphs are mythical… — Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov
So much for the crusade against drugs . . . all America is actually doing is consolidating its position as the biggest dealer in addictive… — Alexander Cockburn
The difference between a policy and a crusade is that a policy is judged by its results, while a crusade is judged by how good… — Thomas Sowell
There is need for a crusade of manliness and purity to counteract and nullify the savage work of those who think man is a beast.… — Josemaria Escriva
The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is absolutely anti-historical, — Rick Santorum
The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating… — Aldous Huxley

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