America Quote by Edward Kennedy

As you know, the Inquisition is an admirable and wholly Christian invention to make the pope and the monks more powerful and turn a…

— Voltaire

“Above all, we cannot and should not try to distance ourselves from any of these inquisitions by reassuring ourselves that no abuse of 'moral…

— Jonathan Kirsch

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

— Neil Innes

It appears an extraordinary thing to me, that since there is such a diabolical spirit in the depravity of human nature, as persecution for…

— Laurence Sterne

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition...

— Anonymous

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise, fear and surprise; two chief weapons, fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency! Er, among…

— Graham Chapman

Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end; where all men and all churches are treated as equal; where every…

— John F. Kennedy

“Precisely because the Inquisition provides a blueprint for building and operating the machinery of persecution...the Inquisition was and still is a danger to human…

— Jonathan Kirsch

“Indeed, the greatest single innovation of the Spanish Inquisition was to turn heresy from a thought-crime into a blood-crime...”

— Jonathan Kirsch

We should live out our particular brand of faith, sure - but we should never force our brand of faith upon anyone else. All…

— Glennon Doyle Melton

...we will arrange for 'religion' to become a small subdepartment of ordinary life; it will be quite safe - harmless, in fact - with…

— Anonymous

It won't end here, your faith has got to be greater than your fear

— Julian Casablancas