What Dominic Sandbrook has said about Anti-Catholicism in the United States

2 quotes · 1 episode · Mar 29, 2026

Dominic Sandbrook, British historian, author and co-host of The Rest Is History, has been quoted on Anti-Catholicism in the United States 2 times in 1 episode of The Rest Is History, most recently on March 29, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

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Sandbrook says Catholics were a far more plausible target than Jews because of their numbers and visible political influence.
“There are more than 18 million Catholics in America in the early 20s. And they're much more obviously influential than Jewish Americans are”
The Rest Is History: 656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3) (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 49:37
Sandbrook argues Klan anti-Catholic rhetoric about invading immigrants remains recognisable in twenty-first-century politics.
“As old as the English settlements and very recognizable in the 21st century, no?”
The Rest Is History: 656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3) (Mar 29, 2026) · Listen from 52:44

656. The Ku Klux Klan: Birth of a Nation (Part 3)
The Rest Is History · Mar 29, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook trace the 1915 rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan as a mass fraternal, marketing-driven, anti-Catholic movement.