Puritanism Quotes

Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until the entire fabric is doomed.

Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree with - the scarlet letter A, and the stocks and the dunking board came from that. That puritanism is still there.

Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

Many of us grew up with a kind of puritanism against shopping. But shopping can be much more than how it is cast. If you are bored or you have problems, it can be a way of lifting your spirits, by doing something light and superficial. Why not?

The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.

Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism.

There is more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before.