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Letter "F" » fanaticism
«In morals what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.»
«A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.»
Author: Dr. Carl Sagan
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Astronomer,
Scientist,
Writer)
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Celibates,
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«In the history of mankind, fanaticism has caused more harm than vice»
«Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.»
«Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.»
«From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step»
«Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim»
«Fanaticism consists in redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.»
«Imperious, choleric, irascible, extreme in everything, with a dissolute imagination the like of which has never been seen, atheistic to the point of fanaticism, there you have me in a nutshell, and kill me again or take me as I am, for I shall not change.»
Author: Marquis De Sade
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Novelist)
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«If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, then and only then will truth, prevail over fanaticism»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(
Author,
President)
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About:
Fanaticism,
Freedom,
Hell,
Law and lawyers,
Religion
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Keywords:
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public opinion,
the Inquisition