Burned Quote by Henry David Thoreau

I do not like the reappearance of the Jesuits... Nevertheless, we are compelled by our system of religious toleration to offer them an asylum.

— John Adams

My history of the Jesuits is not elegantly written, but is supported by unquestionable authorities, is very particular and very horrible. Their restoration is…

— John Adams

“Before I met the Jesuits, I’d never encountered another group who thought that intellect and arrogance were treasures beyond price and necessities in waging…

— Pat Conroy

I do not like the reappearance of the Jesuits.... Shall we not have regular swarms of them here, in as many disguises as only…

— John Adams

“Christopher Columbus and his brothers were no different from many of the Spanish adventurers of the time. They were a roughhewn lot, who wrote…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba

“Apparently, Columbus’ reading of the Bible, did not alter the cruel way he treated the Indians. Believing that not having been baptized, the Indians…

— Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba

I do not like the late resurrection of the Jesuits. . . . If ever any congregation of men could merit eternal perdition on…

— John Adams

“In short, missionaries are scaring people into changing their behavior and abandoning their tradition. They are destroying entire cultures for the single purpose of…

— Al Stefanelli

In Italy, the Inquisition was condemning people to death until the end of the eighteenth century, and inquisitional torture was not abolished in the…

— Carl Sagan

What I hated most was seeing those priests and brothers getting so much pleasure out of inflicting pain. I wondered what was wrong with…

— George Carlin

“In marked contrast to the relaxed, typically Latin attitude of the Dominicans the Protestant missionaries were still proceeding at full blast with the fight…

— Philippe Descola

“Columbus sent home shiploads of Indians to be sold as slaves, but the theologians protested, the Queen's conscience rebelled, and enslavement of the Indians…

— J.H. Elliott