Inquisition Quotes
I believe that one day the world will judge the witch hunt against homosexuals just as harshly as it judges the Spanish Inquisition and the Holocaust.
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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.
If this is how science operates, by silencing those who express opposing views rather than by debating with them, then science is dead and we are in a new era of the Inquisition.
A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger.
I hope for an America where the power of faith will always burn brightly, but where no modern inquisition of any kind will ever light the fires of fear, coercion, or angry division.
Intolerance has always been one of the cornerstones of Christianity - the glorious heritage of the Inquisition.
We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
Legislatures have no right to set up an inquisition and examine into the private opinions of men. Test-laws are useless and ineffectual, unjust and tyrannical.
After Galileo was convicted (for heresy by the Spanish Inquisition) for his theory that the Earth revolved around the sun, ... he replied, 'Still, the Earth is moving.'
Spirituality can go hand-in-hand with ruthless single-mindedness when the individual is convinced his cause is just
As you know, the Inquisition is an admirable and wholly Christian invention to make the pope and the monks more powerful and turn a whole kingdom into hypocrites.
It is of interest to note that most secular humanists continue to belabor the horrors of the Inquisition in order to establish the moral depravity of Christianity.
I feel like Galileo going before the Inquisition to explain that the Sun doesn't revolve around the Earth. I hope I have more success.
Non-believers in the greenhouse scenario are in the position of those long ago who doubted the existence of God ... fortunately for them, the Inquisition is no longer with us!
Whoever attempts to suppress liberty of conscience finishes some day by wishing for the Inquisition.
The Inquisition confused sin with sinners and judged both. Modern Americans make the same mistake but judge neither.
The world is but a school of inquisition; it is not who shall enter the ring, but who shall run the best courses.
When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
Being interviewed is one of the most abnormal things that you can do to somebody else. It's two steps removed from the Inquisition.
Who originated that most exquisite of inquisitions, the condolence system?
It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition.
My dear young lady, when you are in love, and jealous, and have been flogged by the Inquisition, there's no knowing what you may do.
Scratch the heresy and you will find the leper. Every battle against heresy wants only this: to keep the leper as he is.
In order to be a success, you must think like success. Get up and move! You got to make things happen.
