Quote by John Dryden
Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his ju

Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil. – John Dryden

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A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt. – Aldous Huxley

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No violent extreme endures. – Thomas Carlyle

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Radical simply means grasping things at the root. – Angela Y. Davis

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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. – E. M. Cioran

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