Pernicious

Famous quotes containing the word pernicious:

“That the corruption of the best things produces the worst, is grown into a maxim, and is commonly proved, among other instances, by the pernicious effects of superstition and enthusiasm, the corruptions of true religion.”
—David Hume (1711–1776)

“I believe that in this country the press exerts a greater and a more pernicious influence than the church did in its worst period.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered but to be schooled.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)