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Taken to its extreme, the religious principle is the motivation behind the bin Ladens and Torquemadas of the world.
Matt J. Rossano: Who is My Neighbor?: The Best and Worst of Religious Morality Matt J. Rossano 2010
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Taken to its extreme, the religious principle is the motivation behind the bin Ladens and Torquemadas of the world.
Matt J. Rossano: Who is My Neighbor?: The Best and Worst of Religious Morality Matt J. Rossano 2010
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I don't know whether to nail a proclamation on the door of each ministry, or to give these new Pavons -- our Cuban Torquemadas -- the stylistic benefit of my forgiveness.
Yoani Sanchez: Open Letter to the World (Excepting Abel Prieto, Cuba's Minister of Culture) Yoani Sanchez 2010
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Not every wrong answer was disqualifying, but the Torquemadas of the FBI wanted to know it all.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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Mills made full use of Hicklenton's talent for visceral horror in two stories featuring his long-running Nemesis the Warlock character: "The Two Torquemadas" (1987-88) and "Deathbringer" (1988-89).
John Hicklenton (1967-2010) Steve 2010
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It shows that it is not only the state or even sections of the authorities that demand censorship today - all sorts of advocacy groups, educators and youthful organisations now crusade like modern-day Torquemadas for the silencing of their opponents.
Greg Lukianoff: Nietzsche, Buddhism, and Burning College Newspapers: My Interview with spiked Greg Lukianoff 2010
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It shows that it is not only the state or even sections of the authorities that demand censorship today - all sorts of advocacy groups, educators and youthful organisations now crusade like modern-day Torquemadas for the silencing of their opponents.
Greg Lukianoff: Nietzsche, Buddhism, and Burning College Newspapers: My Interview with spiked Greg Lukianoff 2010
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Not every wrong answer was disqualifying, but the Torquemadas of the FBI wanted to know it all.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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Not every wrong answer was disqualifying, but the Torquemadas of the FBI wanted to know it all.
THE PROMISE JONATHAN ALTER 2010
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I don't know whether to nail a proclamation on the door of each ministry, or to give these new Pavons -- our Cuban Torquemadas -- the stylistic benefit of my forgiveness.
Yoani Sanchez: Open Letter to the World (Excepting Abel Prieto, Cuba's Minister of Culture) Yoani Sanchez 2010
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