William Lecky Quotes

In proportion to its power, Protestantism has been as persecuting as Catholicism. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Whence has come thy lasting power. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Contraction of theological influence has at once been the best measure, and the essential condition of intellectual advance. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Physical science has taught us to associate Deity with the normal rather than with the abnormal. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky

There is no wild beast so ferocious as Christians who differ concerning their faith. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Whenever the clergy were at the elbow of the civil arm, no matter whether they were Catholic or Protestant, persecution was the result. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Anxiety and Ennui are the Scylla and Charybdis on which the bark of human happiness is most often wrecked. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Fierce invectives against women form a conspicuous and grotesque portion of the writings of the Church fathers. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Terror is everywhere the beginning of religion. — William Edward Hartpole Lecky