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Fanaticism Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have arisen to the height you…
- We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication .
- In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights, either…
- If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, [then…
More Fanaticism Quotes
- Fanaticism comes from any form of chosen blindness accompanying the pursuit of a single dogma. — John Berger
- The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which… — John C. Calhoun
- A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. — Winston Churchill
- It is nothing but fanaticism and beautiful soulism to expect very much (or even, much only) from humanity when it has forgotten… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- Without fanaticism we cannot accomplish anything. — Evita Peron
- The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity. — Oscar Wilde
- Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree. — Alexander Pope
- Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age have left… — William Shakespeare
- If one studies too zealously, one easily loses his pants. — Albert Einstein
- Moral qualities rule the world, but at short distances the senses are despotic. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Then there are the fanatical atheists whose intolerance is of the same kind as the intolerance of the religious fanatics and comes… — Albert Einstein
- No loss by flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by the hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of… — Helen Keller