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Quotations on Fanaticism

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by Finley Peter Dunne
(1867 - 1936)

A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.

by Sir Winston Churchill
(November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965)

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

by Samuel Johnson
(September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784)

As any action or posture long continued will distort and disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.

by Samuel Johnson
(September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784)

Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite.

by Samuel Johnson
(September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784)

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

by Samuel Johnson
(September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784)

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession.

by Samuel Johnson
(September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784)

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson
(May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882)

There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.

by Denis Diderot
(October 5, 1713 - July 31, 1784)

There is only one step from fanaticism to barbarism.



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