#crusade

I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

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I have always known that the best of the Saracens could out-Christian many of us Christians. ↗

— Ellis Peters

#crusades #equality #goodness #openmindedness #religion

In religious and in secular affairs, the more fervent beliefs attract followers. If you are a moderate in any respect - if you're a moderate on abortion, if you're a moderate on gun control, or if you're a moderate in your religious faith - it doesn't evolve into a crusade where you're either right or wrong, good or bad, with us or against us. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#affairs #against #any #attract #bad

They may not be conscripted against their will as the foot soldiers in a federal crusade. ↗

— John Paul Stevens

#crusade #federal #foot #may #soldiers

The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans. ↗

— Howard Fineman

#even #good #good idea #idea #like

When I was a crusade director in British Columbia, all of our meetings were at 9:03. Somebody said 'That's ridiculous. Why did you do that?' It's because you remember it. You've never been to another 9:03 meeting. ↗

— Josh McDowell

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Although his crusade in 1957 occurred at a time in our nation's history when race divided all, Reverend Graham refused to preach in segregated audiences. ↗

— Jerry Moran

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The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it. ↗

— J. G. Stedman

#during #mad #now #religious #want

My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

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