Quote by Heywood Broun
Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipato

Just as every conviction begins as a whim so does every emancipator serve his apprenticeship as a crank. A fanatic is a great leader who is just entering the room. – Heywood Broun

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The urge to gamble is so universal and its practice is so pleasurable, that I assume it must be evil. – Heywood Broun

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Defined in psychological terms, a fanatic is a man who consciously over-compensates a secret doubt. – Aldous Huxley

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There is no place in a fanatics head where reason can enter. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue. – Robin G. Collingwood

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Nothing fools people as much as extreme passion. – Bishop Hall

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O Death, rock me asleep, bring me to quiet rest, let pass my weary guiltless ghost out of my careful breast. – Anne Boleyn

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