A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
Winston S. ChurchillTags: fanaticism zealot
From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.
Denis DiderotTags: fanaticism barbarism
Religious fanaticism and hatred are a world-devouring fire, whose violence none can quench.
Bahá'u'lláhTags: fanaticism hate
If I were asked for a one-sentence sound
bite on religion, I would say I was against it.
Tags: fanaticism religion
The fundamentalist seeks to bring down a great deal more than buildings. Such people are against, to offer just a brief list, freedom of speech, a multi-party political system, universal adult suffrage, accountable government, Jews, homosexuals, women's rights, pluralism, secularism, short skirts, dancing, beardlessness, evolution theory, sex. There are tyrants, not Muslims.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said that we should now define ourselves not only by what we are for but by what we are against. I would reverse that proposition, because in the present instance what we are against is a no brainer. Suicidist assassins ram wide-bodied aircraft into the World Trade Center and Pentagon and kill thousands of people: um, I'm against that. But what are we for? What will we risk our lives to defend? Can we unanimously concur that all the items in the preceding list -- yes, even the short skirts and the dancing -- are worth dying for?
The fundamentalist believes that we believe in nothing. In his world-view, he has his absolute certainties, while we are sunk in sybaritic indulgences. To prove him wrong, we must first know that he is wrong. We must agree on what matters: kissing in public places, bacon sandwiches, disagreement, cutting-edge fashion, literature, generosity, water, a more equitable distribution of the world's resources, movies, music, freedom of thought, beauty, love. These will be our weapons. Not by making war but by the unafraid way we choose to live shall we defeat them.
How to defeat terrorism? Don't be terrorized. Don't let fear rule your life. Even if you are scared.
Tags: fanaticism freedom fundamentalism human-rights terrorism civil-society
Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched."
[My Uncle Sosthenes]
Tags: fanaticism patriotism religion extremism wars
In the long run I certainly hope information is the cure for fanaticism, but I am afraid information is more the cause than the cure.
Daniel C. DennettTags: fanaticism information
There are few things more dangerous than inbred religious certainty.
Bart D. EhrmanTags: fanaticism religion dogma fundamentalism critical-thinking
From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.
Salman RushdieTags: fanaticism god religion dogma justification extremism zealotry inhumanity
There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.
Margaret AtwoodTags: fanaticism god religion dogma justification extremism inhumanity
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