Inquisitor Quotes

19 quotes by 12 authors

• Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always… — Alfred Whitney Griswold
• It is in the name of Moses that Bellarmin thunderstrikes Galileo; and this great vulgarizer of the great seeker Copernicus, Galileo, the old man of… — Victor Hugo
• Are we to have a censor whose imprimatur shall say what books may be sold, and what we may buy? And who is thus to… — Thomas Jefferson
• Suppose the hellfire of the orthodox really existed! We have no assurance that it does not! It seems incredible, but many incredible things are true.… — W.N.P. Barbellion
• Some of my colleagues want to be The Anchorman on the Mount. Others see themselves as the Ace Reporter. Because of 60 Minutes, there's a… — Linda Ellerbee
• Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution. — Barbara Jordan
• No grand inquisitor has in readiness such terrible tortures as has anxiety and no spy knows how to attack more artfully the man he suspects,… — Soren Kierkegaard
• There is only one thing that arouses animals more than pleasure, and that is pain. Under torture you are as if under the dominion of… — Umberto Eco
• Nothing has ever been more insupportable for a man and a human society than freedom. –The Grand Inquisitor — Fyodor Dostoevsky
• The judge placed his hands on the ground. He looked at his inquisitor. This is my claim, he said. And yet everywhere upon it are… — Cormac McCarthy
• Admiring yourself?” The Inquisitor’s voice but through his reverie. “You wont look so pretty when the Clave gets through with you.” “You do seem obsessed… — Cassandra Clare
• He (Jace) glanced down at his bound hands. His wrists and shoulders had gone from aching to hard, stabbing pain, but he didn’t wince as… — Cassandra Clare
• Alec drew his hand back with a low whistle. "The Inquisitor meant business." "Of course she did. I'm a dangerous criminal. Or hadn't you heard?"… — Cassandra Clare
• Has there ever been an Inquisitor who didn't die a horrible death?" Simon wondered out loud. " It's like being the drummer in Spinal Tap. — Cassandra Clare
• Indeed." Will let his cutlery clatter onto his plate. "The Consul? Breaking up our breakfast time? Whatever next? The Inquisitor over for tea? Picnics with… — Cassandra Clare
• He’s not feeling well,” Clary said, catching at Simon’s wrist. “We’re going.” “No,” Simon said. “No, I — I need to talk to him. To… — Cassandra Clare
• In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas. — Alfred Whitney Griswold
• There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor. — Frank Howard Clark
• Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always… — Alfred Whitney Griswold

Who Wrote These Inquisitor Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 19 Inquisitor Quotes as follows:

• 6 Inquisitor Quotes by Cassandra Clare
• 3 Inquisitor Quotes by Alfred Whitney Griswold
• 1 Inquisitor Quote by Victor Hugo
• 1 Inquisitor Quote by Thomas Jefferson
• 1 Inquisitor Quote by W.N.P. Barbellion
• 1 Inquisitor Quote by Linda Ellerbee
• 1 Inquisitor Quote by Barbara Jordan
• 1 Inquisitor Quote by Soren Kierkegaard
• 1 Inquisitor Quote by Umberto Eco
• 1 Inquisitor Quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky
• 1 Inquisitor Quote by Cormac McCarthy
• 1 Inquisitor Quote by Frank Howard Clark