Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue.

In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries in Catholic countries a successful person is a sinner.

We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values this idea of the sanctity of marriage.

We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.

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

For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class the novel is serious the novel is work the novel is conscientious application why the novel is practically the retail business all over again.