Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

I'm a bit of an extremist.

I am an extremist.

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air.

The more fantastic an ideology or theology, the more fanatic its adherents.

I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.

I am dealing with fanaticism.

The fanatic is dangerous.

Recluse fanatics have few ideas or sentiments to communicate . . .

there is no fanatic like a religious fanatic.

The egotist is next door to a fanatic.

I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess.

Evil is international and the fanatic is international and universal. There is no difference between a Muslim fanatic, a Christian fanatic, even a secular fanatic.

I love things that people hate. I hate middle-of-the-road stuff. It never really interests me.

My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist.

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

The enemy of idealism is zealotry.

Fanaticism and terrorism have no place in Islam.

I'm not commercial, I'm not for Special K cereal and I'm not a Wheaties boy; I'm a little bit more avant-garde, a little bit more out there.

[The John Birch Society] has attracted a lunatic fringe that is now assuming serious proportions.

From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.

It is a dangerously short step from frustration to fanaticism.

Radicals have value, at least; they can move the center.

I've been called an extremist.

I am concerned about any form of violent extremism.

It's never a good sign when extremism becomes the norm.