Top 208 Fundamentalism Quotes & Sayings

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion, too.

Islamic fundamentalism is attacking us at home.

In a world torn by every kind of fundamentalism - religious, ethnic, nationalist and tribal - we must grant first place to economic fundamentalism, with its religious conviction that the market, left to its own devices, is capable of resolving all our problems. This faith has its own ayatollahs. Its church is neo-liberalism; its creed is profit; its prayers are for monopolies.

Culture and education are the lethal weapons against all kinds of fundamentalism.

Fundamentalism is the triumph of Paul over Christ.

I regard Christian and Jewish fundamentalism, and all other forms of fundamentalism, as the enemies of God - and I hope you'll quote me on that.

Authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism and militarism are inherently patriarchal and hierarchical.

While religious fundamentalism is treated as a serious social problem because it has the potential to lead to rare but devastating acts of terrorism against the public, with a variety of programmes and interventions to address it, everyday violence against women occurring in the name of fundamentalism has long been neglected.

Everyone has the right to practice their religion, to worship as they choose. My war is against Islamic fundamentalism.

It is all too easy to mistake passion that can change its mind for fundamentalism, which never will.

Fundamentalism fills you with answers before you even think to ask the questions.

I don't find any difference between Islam and Islamic fundamentalists. I believe religion is the root, and from the root fundamentalism grows as a poisonous stem. If we remove fundamentalism and keep religion, then one day or another fundamentalism will grow again. I need to say that because some liberals always defend Islam and blame fundamentalists for creating problems. But Islam itself oppresses women. Islam itself doesn't permit democracy and it violates human rights.

In Iran, fundamentalism was fuelled to an extent by the regime of the Shah being supported by the West.

I wouldn't give up on Russia. I think they have legitimate security concerns from Islamic fundamentalism, not only on their border but in their country.

The testament of science is so continually in a flux that the heresy of yesterday is the gospel of today and the fundamentalism of tomorrow.

I don't believe in any kind of fundamentalism.

It seems to be almost a law of physics, that the winds of change awaken fear and fundamentalism.

This [fundamentalism] is not religion. It is obscenity. These are lies, the criminal use of religious power to misguide people.

We must first be able to look honestly at fundamentalism in our own backyard, if we are to have any hope of weeding it out.

Fundamentalism is still on the march.

Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.

I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism.

I don't think that fundamentalism has anything to do with Jesus Christ. They call themselves Christians, but if that's Christian, count me out. Fundamentalism is built on fear and greed. They're telling you to give them your money otherwise you're going to hell.

Indian intellectuals today feel radical when they condemn fundamentalism, but not many people are talking about the links between privatization, globalization, and fundamentalism.

As you look at the flow of Muslim fundamentalism, or fundamentalism in various areas and various religions, they all play on the people who have very little.

Some people seem to gravitate from one fundamentalism to another, from some kind of secular fundamentalism into a religious fundamentalism or the other way around, which is not very helpful.

There are no forces on this planet more dangerous to all of us than the fanaticisms of fundamentalism.

Faith minus vulnerability is fundamentalism

I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form.

Well, I think the worst part about tribalism is its tendency to fundamentalize, and if I can fight fundamentalism in any of its forms I'm happy.

I cannot comprehend fundamentalism. It's fundamentally wrong.

We do not want to live under the yoke of the threat of Islamic fundamentalism.

I really don't want to offend anybody, but I find all forms of religious fundamentalism frightening.

Elite fundamentalism has always been on the corporate side of things.

I am a humble adherent of...Enlightenment Rationalist Fundamentalism.

Fundamentalism is rigorously and systematically used to indoctrinate and subjugate young minds. It is a contraceptive designed to prevent intellectual fertilization.

Both Hindu, as well as Islamic fundamentalism, feed on the poverty of the masses.

It will take a decade or two, but fundamentalism is going to burn itself.

In our modern complex world, fundamentalism is dangerous because of its rigidity and its imperviousness to other ideas.

Fundamentalism, as practiced by the Taliban, is the enemy of real thought, and religion too.

I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.

Fundamentalism is a 20th-century phenomenon, but that kind of religious fervor actually has not always been associated with conservative goals.

I am convinced that Christian fundamentalism is a far greater threat to this country than Muslim terrorists could ever be.

There is nothing more inimical to writing than the spirit of fundamentalism. Fundamentalism abhors the play of signs, the endlessness of writing. Fundamentalism means nothing more or less than going back to an origin and staying there. It stands for one founding book and, thereafter, no more books.

What's interesting is the populace movement of fundamentalism is starting to mirror that approach that elite fundamentalism has long had of trying to have influence across the political spectrum.

Fundamentalism is rooted in fear, and it's another reason I'm interested in the horror genre, because I know the fear that fundamentalism is built upon.

Hysterical fundamentalism is not the way into the future; it is the last gasp of the past.

It's important to produce economic development. Fundamentalism develops even faster with misery.

We seem to be the victims of religious dogma, both from the Christian Right here and, of course, in the East with the rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

Fundamentalism is dictatorship of the mind

I truly believe that fundamentalism stems from unemployment. A man without a job is desperate; he doesn't want to live anyway.

Palestinian ideology has become a lethal cocktail of radical nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism.

There is an undeniable need to stop candy-flossing the impact of fundamentalism.

My only enemy is right-wing religious fundamentalism.

Elite fundamentalism has always going to be involved with a certain set of conservative interests, but certainly not exclusively Republican.

Islamic fundamentalism in its activist manifestation is bad news. Religious fundamentalism in general is bad news. We know about religious fundamentalism in South Africa. Calvinist fundamentalism has been an unmitigated force of benightedness in our history.

Fundamentalism in most of its forms is the active creation of antibodies to some threatening [god] virus. As long as threatening religions or mutations [heresies] are present, fundamentalism will churn out antibodies to keep the population under control and prevent mutations from getting out of hand.

I'm not altogether certain that a fundamentalism of necessity has to argue that it is the only reading of the human experience in order to stay alive.

Nobody can deny there is a rise of Islamic fundamentalism.

Fundamentalism - of any variety - is a form of illiteracy, in that it asserts that it is necessary to read only one book.