Puritanism Quotes

21 quotes by 17 authors

Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy. — James Russell Lowell
There IS more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before. — Susie Bright
We won't dispassionately investigate or rationally debate which drugs do what damage and whether or how much of that damage is the result of criminalization.… — P.J. O'Rourke
It is a world completely rotten with wealth, power, senility, indifference, puritanism and mental hygiene, poverty and waste, technological futility and aimless violence, and yet… — Jean Baudrillard
Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement. — Leland Ryken
The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism, but February.... Spring is too far away to comfort even by… — Joseph Wood Krutch
There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who believed… — James Bryce
When you think about Puritanism, you must begin by getting rid of the slang term 'Puritanism' as applied to Victorian religious hypocrisy. This does not… — Leland Ryken
Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism. — Emma Goldman
Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until… — Emma Goldman
Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree with - the… — Hugh Hefner
The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February. — Joseph Wood Krutch
Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy. — H. L. Mencken
Many of us grew up with a kind of puritanism against shopping. But shopping can be much more than how it is cast. If you… — Miuccia Prada
I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind... At the… — Robertson Davies
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive and evil force… — Anais Nin
Nothing evokes the prurient like puritanism. — Christopher Moore
There is only one honest impulse at the bottom of Puritanism, and that is the impulse to punish the man with a superior capacity for… — H. L. Mencken
One of the strongest features of Puritanism is its autobiographical tendency, its passionate self-regard. — Tom Paulin

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