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    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.

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We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than
surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing read more

We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than
surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are
called heroes.

by Unknown Found in: Fanaticism Quotes,
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A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of read more

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

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Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

by Robertson Davies Found in: Fanaticism Quotes,
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There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over read more

There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person in whom one impulse, one value, has assumed ascendancy over all others.

by Frank Robinson Found in: Fanaticism Quotes,
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The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; read more

The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.

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I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads
of which some single idea has read more

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 Found in: Fanaticism Quotes,
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Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as
none at all, but not quite.

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

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Fanaticism Quotes,
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The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.

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If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing read more

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

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Fanaticism Quotes,
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