Astonishing Quote by Michel de Montaigne

“I have never even seen a witch, let alone felt the need to burn one to death. We can conclude, then, that our forefathers,…

— Bobby Henderson

In the 16th and 17th centuries, as many as 60,000 people were executed in Europe as suspected witches. But it would be nice to…

— Max Boot

For my part, I have ever believed, and do now know, that there are witches.

— Thomas Browne

“We are both of us torn by the weight of knowing all these people cannot possibly be witches. If we speak in their defense,…

— Susan Meissner

In Witchcraft, each of us must reveal our own truth.

— Starhawk

Witches aren’t like that. We live in harmony with the great cycles of Nature, and do no harm to anyone, and it’s wicked of…

— Terry Pratchett

“It is one thing to believe in witches, and quite another to believe in witch-smellers.”

— G.K. Chesterton

“Witches see the truth plainly—even if their husbands are full of nonsense.”

— Deborah Harkness

That is the essence of a witch-hunt, that any questioning of the evidence or the procedures in itself constitutes proof of complicity.

— Bergen Evans

“I do not believe in witches, but if I did, I'd swear you are one.”

— Lynn Austin

“But as records of courts of justice are admissible, it can easily be proved that powerful and malevolent magicians once existed and were a…

— Ambrose Bierce

“Some of the more superstitious townsfolk even believed she was a witch. The fact that she had four dead husbands lined up in a…

— K. Martin Beckner