England Quote by Joseph Wood Krutch

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism, but February… Spring is too far away to comfort even…

— Joseph Wood Krutch

Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree with -…

— Hugh Hefner

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

Nothing evokes the prurient like puritanism.

— Christopher Moore

Puritanism was an honourable mood; it was a noble fad. In other words, it was a highly creditable mistake.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“The Puritans are conventionally considered more "moderate" than the Pilgrims. This is like calling al-Qaeda more moderate than ISIS. The Massachusetts Bay Colony Puritans…

— Kurt Andersen

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

You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment -…

— James Young

The objection to Puritans is not that they try to make us think as they do, but that they try to make us do…

— Anonymous

Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.

— Leland Ryken

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

— H. L. Mencken

The Puritan has passed; the Catholic remains.

— Anonymous