Due diligence Quote by James Morcan

“And it was not merely tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, but hundreds of millions of people who were the obedient witnesses of…

— Vasily Grossman

Organized groups claiming roots in religious ideologies have unleashed an all-pervasive fear of mob violence in many parts of the country.

— Asma Jahangir

“The advent of civilization--an overly optimistic word--didn't change things as much as one might think, because no matter how large a city or empire…

— Gene Doucette

The people look forbidding, solemn, marked by that impossible ideal, Communism, which, like Christianity, seemed to demand too much of humanity and, falling into…

— John Mortimer

“Abruptly, with the shock of the Conquest, the sober and puritanical man of the Christian Inquisition encountered, through their violent and upsetting nature, peoples…

— Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

“What did religion do to people, to provoke such obstinancy, such hysteria - how did it push people to the stage of torturing themselves…

— Manil Suri

“There is perhaps some hope to be derived from the fact that in most instances where an attempt to realize an ideal society gave…

— Eric Hoffer

“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

“In the history of mankind, more human beings were killed in the name of religion than for any reason,”

— Bobby Akart

“It was a modern massacre: urban in origin, driven by ideology, fueled by the press, and abetted by politicians from afar.”

— Helmut Walser Smith

“More bloodshed followed, as brother fought brother and religion battled religion in the age-old nonsense of settling whose method of worship was the holiest…

— Steve Alten

“Savages were savages, but what could one expect of civilized men who plotted massacre?”

— Carol Ryrie Brink