Century Quote by James Young

But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.

— Joe Mantegna

The Puritans thought they could simply repress man's sexual nature, and they reaped a whirlwind as a result. Their code of sexual morality -…

— Hugh Hefner

American society is still puritanical.

— Nick Nolte

I've always been extremely puritanical.

— Ann-Margret

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

“Too much of the old Puritan spirit exists in these parts to the present hour; but its influence has not tended, that I know,…

— Charles Dickens

Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.

— Leland Ryken

The Puritans came to America to worship in their way and to force everybody else to do the same thing.

— Sam Levenson

A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time.

— H. L. Mencken

When you think about Puritanism, you must begin by getting rid of the slang term 'Puritanism' as applied to Victorian religious hypocrisy. This does…

— Leland Ryken

Why are there so many puritans in this country, and why can't the rest of us make them go away?!

— Bill Maher

There's an underlying puritanicalness in America that is not that different to the prudishness of Britain - it just manifests itself in different ways.

— Eve Ensler