Adherents Quote by Herbert Spencer

The Lord gave us power in proportion to the work to be done, and strength according to the race set before us, and grace…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

I don't subscribe to organised religion. I've travelled enough to see that adherents of organised religion often attack adherents of other religions.

— William T. Vollmann

'Know your enemy, name your enemy' is a 9/11 message that has gone unheeded. Our immigration and homeland security policies refuse to profile jihadi…

— Michelle Malkin

We should all oppose - as Darwin did - views manifestly in conflict with the evidence, such as creationism... But we shouldn't set up…

— Martin Rees

There is no belief, however foolish, that will not gather its faithful adherents who will defend it to the death.

— Isaac Asimov

All mass movements generate in their adherents a readiness to die and a proclivity for united action; all of them, irrespective of the doctrine…

— Eric Hoffer

The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents.

— Edward Abbey

“Certain beliefs place their adherents beyond the reach of every peaceful means of persuasion, while inspiring them to commit acts of extraordinary violence against…

— Sam Harris

A religion is not just a set of texts but the living beliefs and practices of its adherents.

— George Packer

One of the most important things liberals don't understand about conservatism, obscured by too much lazy talk about conservatism's various 'wings,' is that its…

— Rick Perlstein

I judge a religion as being good or bad based on whether its adherents become better people as a result of practicing it.

— Joe Mullally

And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. For if truth…

— David Hume