We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair.… — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova Copy Share Image
Those who rebelled against totalitarian rule and those who simply managed to remain themselves and think freely, were all persecuted. We should… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
This is the duty of our generation as we enter the twenty-first century - solidarity with the weak, the persecuted, the lonely,… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
We must by every means humble our hearts and subdue our proud intellect, lest we should be like the contemporaries of the… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
Why was Joseph Smith persecuted? Why was he hunted from neighborhood to neighborhood, from city to city, and from State to State,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Forgiveness is constructed in the DNA of the persecuted. One Egyptian pastor this spring delivered a sermon titled, "A Message to Those… — Johnnie Moore, Jr Copy Share Image
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you… Remember the word that I said to… — Francis Chan Copy Share Image
I have to say, as someone who is not a Christian, it’s hard for me to believe Christians are a persecuted people… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I think there's an awful lot of noise about the Church being persecuted but there is a more real issue that the… — Trevor Phillips Copy Share Image
I am uncomfortable with talking of poetry as a priestly profession, because I have little use for organized religions and priestly hierarchies.… — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
[T]he Rev. R. Taylor, A.M., the Deist, now in gaol, infamously persecuted by the Whigs for his religious opinions, in his learned… — Godfrey Higgins Copy Share Image
“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The more I follow grace, the more I'm drawn to him (God), the more I'm willing to stand up for people being… — Jay Bakker Copy Share Image
“They were herded passively into the gas chambers. Weary of being hunted and persecuted, of living in constant fear, they dumbly awaited… — Miklós Nyiszli Copy Share Image
No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
I am immensely proud of our people. The way we have been persecuted, and our drive and our survival, is mind-boggling. I… — Gabe Kapler Copy Share Image
The ghetto was not only a place of refuge for a persecuted minority but a great experiment in peace, in self-discipline and… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
The term Christian used to be a pejorative. Back in the day, Christians were persecuted; however, over time, it became one of… — Simon Tam Copy Share Image
Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right? — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
The United States should be an asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I have in my bones, and in my blood, the knowledge that you have to help the people who are persecuted. — Ruth Westheimer Copy Share Image
When you're a little fat boy in any kind of school, you're just persecuted something awful. — Raymond Burr Copy Share Image
Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The more I get persecuted, the more people knock on my door in support. — Anita Bryant Copy Share Image
The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
We need a leader who won't be silent - as Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have been - as millions of Christians… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Can anything ever separate us from Christs love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity,… — Romans 8:35 Copy Share Image
To show a well-founded fear of persecution, an alien need not prove that it is more likely than not that he or… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
So great are the effectiveness and power of the Word of God that the more it is persecuted the more it flourishes… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Like 'em or hate 'em, these once peaceful gun owners of the '90s are feeling a lot like Jews of 1939 Germany.… — Claire Wolfe Copy Share Image
Let Southern oppressors tremble-let their secret abettors tremble-let their Northern apologists tremble-let all the enemies of the persecuted blacks tremble. — William Lloyd Garrison Copy Share Image
The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I think it's incredibly important for kids to be able to express who they are and feel like they can be themselves… — Colin Egglesfield Copy Share Image
Between being praised and persecuted condoned and condemned I might understandably have become bewildered particularly at the brand of ethics sometimes displayed… — Vashti McCollum Copy Share Image
Be persecuted, rather than be a persecutor. Be crucified, rather than be a crucifier. Be treated unjustly, rather than treat anyone unjustly.… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
When one realizes God, He grants knowledge and illumination from within; one knows it oneself. In the fullness of one's spiritual realization… — Sarada Devi Copy Share Image
I'm an atheist, so it was actually a joy. Spitting on Christ was a great deal of fun. I can't embrace a… — Amanda Donohoe Copy Share Image
![“[T]he Rev. R. Taylor, A.M., the Deist, now in gaol, infamously persecuted by the Whigs for his religious opinions, in his learned defense of Deism called the Diegesis, has clearly proved all the heirarchical institutions of the Christians to be a close copy of those of the Essenians of Egypt.” quote by Godfrey Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0b6/godfrey-higgins-52829_christian_t-he-rev-r-taylor-a-m-the-deist-now-in-g_679803.jpg)
