Crusades – Quotes

The Civil War was

The Civil War was started over economic issues, not slavery. The War was not popular in the North until the issue of slavery was added at a later time to turn it into a moral crusade. G. Edward Griffin

Converting the war into

Converting the war into an antislavery crusade was a brilliant move on Lincoln’s part, and it resulted in a surge of voluntary recruits into the Union army. But this did not last. Northerners may have disapproved of slavery in the South but, once the bloodletting began in earnest, their willingness to die for that conviction … Read more

We must fight inequality

We must fight inequality and poverty if we want to re-establish peace and security. Seven million Mexicans live in extreme poverty, which is why I have launched a crusade against hunger. We also have to improve our educational system and stimulate economic growth. Enrique Pena Nieto

Christians have … identified

Christians have … identified their opponents, whether Jews, pagans, or heretics, with forces of evil, and so with Satan… Nor have things improved since. The blood-soaked history of persecution, torture, murder, and destruction perpetrated in the name of religion is difficult to grasp, let alohne summarize, from the slaughter of Christians to the Crusades to … Read more

The Arab rulers are

The Arab rulers are basically unpopular. They are supported by the United States against the wishes of their people. In all of this rather heady mixture of violence and policies that are remarkably unpopular right down to the last iota, it’s not hard for demagogues, especially people who claim to speak in the name of … Read more

All the words that

All the words that George Bush used in public during the early stages of the crisis – \”wanted, dead or alive,\” \”a crusade,\” etc. – suggest not so much an orderly and considered progress towards bringing the man to justice according to international norms, but rather something apocalyptic, something of the order of the criminal … Read more

There was one thing

There was one thing I was never going to do–no way: preach at a crusade! Franklin Graham

I pledge you, pledge

I pledge you, pledge myself, to a New Deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win … Read more

Richard Dawkins says he

Richard Dawkins says he can’t be sure God doesn’t exist. Well, you know what I do when I’m not sure about something? I go on a big crusade about it and write a bunch of books on the subject. No, wait, that sounds more like what someone with a mental disorder would do. That’s one … Read more