A defensive insensitivity that refuses to acknowledge the…

From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the…

— Matilda Joslyn Gage

The spirit of religious persecution is not the special failing of any particular faith, but springs eternal in the human breast.

— Dion Fortune

Cruelty was the devil, and most people were, in one way or another, cruel. Tyranny, suppression, persecution, torture, slavery, war, neglect - all were…

— Rose Macaulay

“In short, when it comes to colonial America, religious persecution—in the sense of persecution both based in religion and aimed at religion—was as American…

— John Corvino

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.

— George Washington

“Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.”

— Bertrand Russell

There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.

— John Milton

“Jesus came to give his righteousness not to condemn the unrighteous.”

— Mac Canoza

Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.

— Edwin Louis Cole

Persecution matures young rebels.

— Han Suyin

“People talk about history and things like slavery, genocide, and religious persecution as horrors that happened in the past because we were ignorant. But…

— J. Matthew Nespoli

Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man.

— J. C. Ryle

The sectaries of a persecuted religion, depressed by fear, animated with resentment, and perhaps heated by enthusiasm, are seldom in a proper temper of…

— Edward Gibbon

“Once upon a time, there was a safe, private place to take your controversial stand for Jesus. No more. If you are going to…

— John Piper