12 Inquisition Quotes for You to Enjoy

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. Thomas Hardy

Alone World Inquisition Poetry Had Him Said Verse Moved Galileo Might

The Philippines is a terrible name, coming from Spain. Phillip II was the father of the inquisition, who I believe died of syphilis. It is my great regret that we didn't change the name of our country. Imelda Marcos

Great Change Regret Father Philippines Country Believe Our Syphilis Inquisition Name Terrible Coming Died Spain Who

There are those who say we must rescind the Golan Heights law that was passed in the Knesset. To rescind is a concept from the days of the Inquisition. Our forefathers were burned at the stake and would not rescind their faith. Menachem Begin

Faith Law Heights Our Say Those Inquisition Must Would Days Concept Forefathers Passed Were Burned Stake Who

A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence. John Foxe

When Gordon the Brown, in London in 1997, commissioned a great inquisition or survey of his new realm, the result was the so-called national asset register, which was immediately dubbed by the boomers of the UK Treasury 'the modern Domesday Book.' James Buchan

We've got jihadists. That doesn't mean that all Muslims are problems with respect to terrorism, but there is something going on here. We've got a problem dealing with one aspect of one portion of modern Islam - just as hundreds of years ago the world had a problem with Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition. James Woolsey

Terrorism Respect Problem World Problems Islam Hundreds Hundreds Of Years One Aspect Inquisition Muslims Something Had Dealing Got Years Years Ago Modern Going Just Spanish Mean Aspect Portion Here

A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger. John Foxe

Wealth Cause Prisoner Defence Danger Inquisition Only Greater Condemnation His Suspicion Little Use Deemed Sufficient

Even if Koch Industries had a financial interest in the Keystone XL pipeline, what possibly could be wrong with that? Perhaps more important, under what circumstances would such an interest be worthy of a congressional inquisition? Mike Pompeo

Financial Important Keystone Inquisition Circumstances Possibly Worthy Would More Could Had Wrong Perhaps Industries Pipeline Interest Congressional Even

The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth. Rose Schneiderman

Old Teeth Inquisition Torture Had Instruments Iron Rack

To be fair to the Inquisition, they only used confessions extracted after the torture had ended, which let them claim that admissions had been freely given; the fact that the torture would have started again if they hadn't confessed was a minor detail. Simon Hoggart

Extracted Inquisition Claim Detail Would Torture Minor Admission Given Only Fact Had Freely Fair Been Ended Confessions After Which Again Them Used Started