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The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and peopl

The most dangerous madmen are those created by religion, and people whose aim is to disrupt society always know how to make good use of them on occasion. – Denis Diderot

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Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it. – Denis Diderot

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Our observation of nature must be diligent, our reflection profound, and our experiments exact. We rarely see these three means combined and for this reason, creative geniuses are not common. – Denis Diderot

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No violent extreme endures. – Thomas Carlyle

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So over violent, or over civil that every man with him was God or Devil. – John Dryden

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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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Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity. – Edward Gibbon

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I say that to my colleagues, by the way, in the internal Cabinet meetings, I say, Look, I want to be very clear about what I want. I just – I dont want a peace process, I want a peace result. – Benjamin Netanyahu

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