Robert Graves Quote

Long before it was known to me as a place where my ancestry was even remotely involved, the idea of a state for Jews (or a Jewish state; not quite the same thing, as I failed at first to see) had been...

Hitherto, the Palestinians had been relatively immune to this style. I thought this was a hugely retrograde development. I said as much to Edward. To reprint Nazi propaganda and to make a theocratic...

From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.

People who change their religion should face the death penalty.

Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who had 'given' their lives. But on what assurance did we know that these gifts had r...

Fanatics are like debris following the course of the wind, they are swept around like sand, and convinced to believe in what they do not understand.

Fanaticism is always a sign of repressed doubt

In the presence of Esch, values have hidden their faces. Order, loyalty, sacrifice—he cherishes all these words, but exactly what do they represent? Sacrifice for what? Demand what sort of order? He d...

The fans are always more radical than that which they are fans.

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.