Harvest Quote by Sushma Swaraj

Extremists on all sides thrive, fed by the blood lust of centuries gone by.

— Nelson Mandela

“Antagonism breeds extremism.”

— Émile Zola

“Extremism manifests itself in different shapes and colors. 'The Absolute Truth' and 'the Only Way' beliefs are among them.”

— Mouloud Benzadi

“There is no doctrine called extremism. When tyrants speak of extremists, they just mean people who are not in the mainstream—as the tyrants themselves…

— Timothy Snyder

History is laden with belligerent leaders using humanitarian rhetoric to mask geopolitical aims. History also shows how often ill-informed moralism has led to foreign…

— Samantha Power

Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social…

— Benazir Bhutto

The idiot willingness to choose sides is what feeds the abattoir of history.

— Steven Heighton

History teaches us to beware of the excitation of the liberated and the injustices that often accompany their righteous thirst for justice.

— Wole Soyinka

Always, with any sort of politics, which is why we haven't got any, you get extremists, and once you get extremists, you get people…

— Siouxsie Sioux

Extremists often derive their inspiration from literal interpretations of texts that should rightly be read not as Associated Press reports from the ancient world,…

— Jon Meacham

History is full of examples of people compromising their beliefs in order to keep themselves alive.

— Francis James Grimke

“We live in a time when moderates are treated worse than extremists, being punished as if they were more fanatical than the actual fanatics.”

— Orson Scott Card