May the power of Christ, which brings freedom and service, be felt in so many hearts afflicted by war, persecution and slavery. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Even today a crude sort of persecution is all that is required to create an honorable name for any sect, no matter… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I was very lighthearted. This often the way when the abandonment of personal responsibility is enforced: neither wronged innocence or just guilt… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
We are the new "barbarians", forged in iron hardness in the fires of their hate and persecution. All over the world, we… — George Lincoln Rockwell Copy Share Image
To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Affliction shows the power of Christ's blood, when it gives peace in an hour of trouble, when it can make happy in… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
“It is one of the ironies of history that the persecution and expulsion of the Jews is what made such an efficient… — Daniel Ammann Copy Share Image
“The habit of considering a man’s religious, moral and political opinions before appointing him to a post or giving him a job… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Why would the apostles lie?…Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“Carefully choose your friends, your counsel, and your place of worship. Avoid those whose belief system is devoid of answers for life's… — Brian Houston Copy Share Image
Americans aren't buying the hate these anti-LGBT extremists are selling, so they've been forced to take their take their dangerous rhetoric abroad.… — Chad Griffin Copy Share Image
“We are not supposed to choose the easy solutions. We will no longer accept that our lives be blanketed with the doctrines… — Widad Akreyi Copy Share Image
Cruelty was the devil, and most people were, in one way or another, cruel. Tyranny, suppression, persecution, torture, slavery, war, neglect -… — Rose Macaulay Copy Share Image
If there is one thing I fear less than everything else, it is, I believe, persecution for my opinions. There are a… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
If martyrdom is now on the decline, it is not because martyrs are less zealous, but because martyr-mongers are more wise. The… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“What is boasted of at the present time as the revival of religion, is always, in narrow and uncultivated minds, at least… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love. — Frank Moore Colby Copy Share Image
President Obama understands that, as a nation founded by those who fled religious persecution, freedom of religion is central to who we… — Denis McDonough Copy Share Image
Spiritual people are often persecuted because of their beliefs. Christians were fed to the lions. Jews were slaughtered in concentration camps. Various… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The causes of the China Incident were the exclusion and insult of Japan throughout China, the exclusion of Japanese goods, the persecution… — Hideki Tojo Copy Share Image
I think the thing that I most appreciate now is that stereotypes involving Jewish identity activate fears of persecution that exist in… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
Persecution always acts as a jell for members of cults; it proves to them, in the absence of history, liturgy, tradition, and… — Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Copy Share Image
Stereotypes involving Christian identity, Christian persecution is so far back in history now that no one fears it being revived, unless you… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
If any religion allows the persecution of the people of different faiths, if any religion keeps women in slavery, if any religion… — Taslima Nasrin Copy Share Image
Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment… — William Hague Copy Share Image
“It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
I learned that if I ever claim sexual harassment, I will be confronted with every bozo I once dated, every women I… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
There's not a European country the Jews haven't been thrown out of. When it happens that many times, it's not just persecution.… — Mark Collett Copy Share Image
Throughout history, when societies face tough economic times, we have seen democratic reforms deferred, decreased trust in government, persecution of minority groups,… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
There are about 15 million Muslims in the EU. They face ignorance, insult and even persecution. They cannot be wished away. To… — James Buchan Copy Share Image
A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
In Stalin's Russia racial persecution was often disguised as class warfare. More than 1.5 million members of ethnic minorities died as a… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
Whenever the clergy were at the elbow of the civil arm, no matter whether they were Catholic or Protestant, persecution was the… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, to the persecution and tyranny of his cruel ministry we will not tamely submit - appealing to Heaven for the justice… — Joseph Warren Copy Share Image
Persecution mania is still around. In your writing, in your exchanges with people, meeting people who are in Russian affairs, Russian literature,… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Ever since you're little you hear this: 'The pilgrims left England to escape religious persecution and sneak religious freedom into the new… — Greg Proops Copy Share Image
Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those… — Imelda Marcos Copy Share Image
I often feel that worse than the most fiendish Nazis were those Germans who went along with the persecution of the Jews… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
