William Bratton

Broken-windows enforcement is really about controlling behavior to such an extent you change it: If you deal with the little things, you can keep them from going into the big things. Zero tolerance implies zealotry. It's oppressive. And it's not achievable. You're never going to be in a position to eliminate all crime.

American Public Servant

Peter Scolari

I used to make fun of those actors who talked about the theater as their temple and their place of worship. I'm not to that degree of zealotry or idolatry of theater as this holy place. But it's a place where I get together with people who do what I do, and we understand each other in that respect.

American Actor

Mona Eltahawy

In the U.K., my mother had been the breadwinner. I'd seen my parents side by side. In Saudi Arabia, my mother was basically rendered disabled. She was unable to drive, dependent on my dad for everything. The religious zealotry was so suffocating.

Egyptian Journalist

Robert Byrd

To the American people I say, awaken to what is happening. It is the duty of each citizen to be vigilant, to protect liberty, to speak out, left and right and disagree lest be trampled underfoot by misguided zealotry and extreme partisanship.

American Politician

Norman Finkelstein

Conversion and zealotry, just like revelation and apostasy, are flip sides of the same coin, the currency of a political culture having more in common with religion than rational discourse.

American Educator

Ted Cruz

We shouldn't let anti-science zealotry shut down the ability to produce low-cost, quality food for billions across the globe.

Campbell Brown

Heartless zealotry, whether from the religious right or from the teachers' union on the left, is always troubling.

American Journalist

Neil Kinnock

British Politician

Zealotry implies excessive zeal and can be viewed negatively as blind passion or intolerance.

Negative Nuance

Use 'zealotry' to describe someone with extreme commitment to a cause, often going beyond what is considered reasonable.

Strong Commitment

While 'zealotry' involves passion, it isn't always positive and often suggests a stubborn or single-minded approach.

Not Always Positive

 This discovery is transforming. It undercuts self-righteousness, radically alters the tone and character of controversy, and enriches dramatically the possibilities for finding common ground. Ideology, zealotry,