Every fundamentalist movement I've studied in Judaism Christianity and Islam is convinced at some gut visceral level that secular liberal society wants to wipe out religion.

We know too much and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion and so is our religion.

No man ever believes that the Bible means what it says: He is always convinced that it says what he means.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power whether vested in many or a few is ever grasping and like the grave cries 'Give give.'

Poetry has done enough when it charms but prose must also convince.

All through the years since World War II the Japanese people have I am convinced made strenuous efforts to preserve and promote world peace contributing to the progress and prosperity of mankind.

America's state religion is patriotism a phenomenon which has convinced many of the citizenry that 'treason' is morally worse than murder or rape.

Early in the morning I fell in love with the girl that later on became my wife. At that time we were so naive. I wanted to charm her so I read her Capital by Marx. I thought somehow she would be convinced by the strength of his criticism about capital.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong do right. Men will believe what they see.