Behind Quote by Gavin Esler

Nothing evokes the prurient like puritanism.

— Christopher Moore

With each passing year, people of faith grow increasingly distressed by the hostility of public institutions toward religious expression. We have witnessed the steady…

— Ralph E. Reed, Jr

“In editing a volume of Washington 's private letters for the Long Island Historical Society, I have been much impressed by indications that this…

— Moncure D. Conway

American society is still puritanical.

— Nick Nolte

“The first indication of unraveling Puritanism occurred in Andover in 1681 when Pastor Frances Dane significantly reduced his preaching. There is no historical record…

— Howard Kaepplein

“The way we speak and think of the Puritans seems to me a serviceable model for important aspects of the phenomenon we call Puritanism.…

— Marilynne Robinson

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

— H. L. Mencken

“There's a kind of activism that's more about bolstering identity than achieving results, one that sometimes seems to make the left the true heirs…

— Rebecca Solnit

“The haphazard unfolding of religious toleration described above occurred chiefly by default (and in New York, to enhance a commercial environment), not to promote…

— Steven K. Green

The problem we have in America is the systematic erosion of our religious values in an attempt by certain liberal groups to expunge our…

— Pat Robertson

I've been to Washington many times over the years for stories, and it always seems remarkably the same. More the same than the rest…

— Dave Barry

You can't understand America without understanding the Puritans. In many ways, we're still living out their legacy in ways that are good and bad.

— Pete Buttigieg