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title: "240 Persecuted Quotes by 205 authors"
description: "Browse 240 Persecuted quotes by 205 authors. Discover the best Persecuted sayings and thoughts."
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> [Religion has always persecuted science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-brown/religion-has-always-persecuted-science/)

[Dan Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-brown/)

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> [We're persecuted in the most civilized languages.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-malamud/we-re-persecuted-in-the-most-civilized-languages/)

[Bernard Malamud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-malamud/)

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> [Always help those who are being persecuted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nachman-of-breslov/always-help-those-who-are-being-persecuted/)

[Nachman of Breslov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nachman-of-breslov/)

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> [Always help the persecuted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nachman-of-breslov/always-help-the-persecuted/)

[Nachman of Breslov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nachman-of-breslov/)

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> [Christians are not so much in danger when they are persecuted as when they are admired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/christians-are-not-so-much-in-danger-when-they-are-persecuted-as-when/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [Wherever you see persecution, there is more than a probability that truth lies on the persecuted side.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-latimer/wherever-you-see-persecution-there-is-more-than-a-probability-that/)

[Hugh Latimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-latimer/)

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> [He who anticipates his century is generally persecuted when living, and always pilfered when dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/he-who-anticipates-his-century-is-generally-persecuted-when-living/)

[Benjamin Disraeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-disraeli/)

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> [“You American intellectuals—you want so desperately to feel besieged and persecuted!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gunter-grass/you-american-intellectuals-you-want-so-desperately-to-feel-besieged/)

[Günter Grass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gunter-grass/)

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> [The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/the-monster-fanaticism-still-exists-and-whoever-seeks-after-truth/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [A man does not attain the status of Galileo merely because he is persecuted; he must also be right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-jay-gould/a-man-does-not-attain-the-status-of-galileo-merely-because-he-is/)

[Stephen Jay Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-jay-gould/)

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> [To announce truths is an infallible receipt for being persecuted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/voltaire/to-announce-truths-is-an-infallible-receipt-for-being-persecuted/)

[Voltaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/voltaire/)

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> [“Some men are sent to heaven by torturers who thought they were doing god's work by sending them to hell”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bangambiki-habyarimana/some-men-are-sent-to-heaven-by-torturers-who-thought-they-were-doing/)

[Bangambiki Habyarimana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bangambiki-habyarimana/)

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> [Public feeling now is apt to side with the persecuted, and our modern martyr is full as likely to be smothered with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-hubbel-chapin/public-feeling-now-is-apt-to-side-with-the-persecuted-and-our-modern/)

[Edwin Hubbel Chapin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-hubbel-chapin/)

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> [Paris is in a tranquil state; the infernal cabal that besieges me appears guided by foreigners. This idea consoles me, for nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marquis-de-lafayette/paris-is-in-a-tranquil-state-the-infernal-cabal-that-besieges-me/)

[Marquis de Lafayette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marquis-de-lafayette/)

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> [Spiritual people are often persecuted because of their beliefs. Christians were fed to the lions. Jews were slaughtered in concentration camps. Various…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-lenz/spiritual-people-are-often-persecuted-because-of-their-beliefs/)

[Frederick Lenz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-lenz/)

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> [The common people have no history: persecuted by the present, they cannot think of preserving the memory of the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-common-people-have-no-history-persecuted-by-the-present-they/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I think it's incredibly important for kids to be able to express who they are and feel like they can be themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-egglesfield/i-think-it-s-incredibly-important-for-kids-to-be-able-to-express-who/)

[Colin Egglesfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-egglesfield/)

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> [I think Barack Obama thinks that Muslims are the ones being persecuted, and he has to change that. The fact is he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jeffress/i-think-barack-obama-thinks-that-muslims-are-the-ones-being/)

[Robert Jeffress](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jeffress/)

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> [Ah, how often I've cursed those foolish pages, That showed my youthful sufferings to everyone! If Werther had been my brother, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/ah-how-often-i-ve-cursed-those-foolish-pages-that-showed-my-youthful/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [“2 Corinthians, 4:9, it says ‘Persecuted, but not forsaken: cast down, but not destroyed:’ You see God kept me standing for a reason.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-l-waters/2-corinthians-4-9-it-says-persecuted-but-not-forsaken-cast-down-but/)

Michele L. Waters

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> [Forgiveness is constructed in the DNA of the persecuted. One Egyptian pastor this spring delivered a sermon titled, "A Message to Those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johnnie-moore-jr/forgiveness-is-constructed-in-the-dna-of-the-persecuted-one-egyptian/)

[Johnnie Moore, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johnnie-moore-jr/)

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> [Why was Joseph Smith persecuted? Why was he hunted from neighborhood to neighborhood, from city to city, and from State to State,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigham-young/why-was-joseph-smith-persecuted-why-was-he-hunted-from-neighborhood/)

[Brigham Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigham-young/)

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> [“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you… Remember the word that I said to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-chan/if-the-world-hates-you-know-that-it-has-hated-me-before-it-hated-you/)

[Francis Chan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-chan/)

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> [I made it clear that I will consider - this is the important phrase I am trying to say - myself most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shahbaz-bhatti/i-made-it-clear-that-i-will-consider-this-is-the-important-phrase-i/)

[Shahbaz Bhatti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shahbaz-bhatti/)

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> [I have to say, as someone who is not a Christian, it’s hard for me to believe Christians are a persecuted people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/i-have-to-say-as-someone-who-is-not-a-christian-it-s-hard-for-me-to/)

[Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/)

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> [... when the Spaniards persecuted heretics they may have been crude, but they were not being unreasonable or unpractical. They were at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-west/when-the-spaniards-persecuted-heretics-they-may-have-been-crude-but/)

[Rebecca West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-west/)

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> [Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/must-the-christian-go-around-looking-for-a-cross-to-bear-seeking-to/)

[Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/)

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> [We must by every means humble our hearts and subdue our proud intellect, lest we should be like the contemporaries of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-of-kronstadt/we-must-by-every-means-humble-our-hearts-and-subdue-our-proud/)

[John of Kronstadt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-of-kronstadt/)

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> [“The people were divided into the persecuted and those who persecuted them. That wild beast, which lives in man and does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maass/the-people-were-divided-into-the-persecuted-and-those-who-persecuted/)

Peter Maass

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> [The Negro. The South. These are the details. The real story is the universal one of men who destroy the souls of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-howard-griffin/the-negro-the-south-these-are-the-details-the-real-story-is-the/)

[John Howard Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-howard-griffin/)

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> [But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-einstein/but-could-not-our-situation-be-compared-to-one-of-a-menacing-epidemic/)

[Albert Einstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-einstein/)

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> [Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-basil/persecution-has-come-upon-us-right-honorable-brethren-and-persecution/)

[Saint Basil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-basil/)

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> [When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aime-cesaire/when-i-turn-on-my-radio-when-i-hear-that-negroes-have-been-lynched-in/)

[Aime Cesaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aime-cesaire/)

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> [When the Jews were being persecuted by the Nazis in 1944 we passed the War Refugee Act, which focused on rescuing Jews,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-dershowitz/when-the-jews-were-being-persecuted-by-the-nazis-in-1944-we-passed/)

[Alan Dershowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-dershowitz/)

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> [I have a general feeling that writers and artists who are in this peculiar situation, of being a persecuted artist, all anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/i-have-a-general-feeling-that-writers-and-artists-who-are-in-this/)

[Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/)

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> [“Mean girls come in all shapes and sizes. Some are blond cheerleaders, and some are Francophile brunettes who love Tim Burton and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mara-wilson/mean-girls-come-in-all-shapes-and-sizes-some-are-blond-cheerleaders/)

[Mara Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mara-wilson/)

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> [You must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from the idea that people are watching you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-brand/you-must-not-feel-persecuted-and-examined-liberate-yourself-from-the/)

[Russell Brand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-brand/)

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> [I have been persecuted since I joined politics, and I have been living in persecution since then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roy-bennett/i-have-been-persecuted-since-i-joined-politics-and-i-have-been-living/)

[Roy Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roy-bennett/)

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> [Christians are being persecuted, not just in the Middle East but here in this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wendy-long/christians-are-being-persecuted-not-just-in-the-middle-east-but-here/)

[Wendy Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wendy-long/)

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> [When you're a little fat boy in any kind of school, you're just persecuted something awful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-burr/when-you-re-a-little-fat-boy-in-any-kind-of-school-you-re-just/)

[Raymond Burr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-burr/)

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                        "text": "Why was Joseph Smith persecuted? Why was he hunted from neighborhood to neighborhood, from city to city, and from State to State, and at last suffered death? Because he received revelations from the Father, from the Son, and was ministered to by holy angels, and published to the world the direct will of the Lord concerning his children on the earth.",
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                        "text": "I made it clear that I will consider - this is the important phrase I am trying to say - myself most fortunate if Jesus Christ will accept the sacrifice of my blood to raise the voice for the justice and rights of the persecuted and victimized Christians and other minorities in Pakistan.",
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                        "text": "I have to say, as someone who is not a Christian, it’s hard for me to believe Christians are a persecuted people in America. God willing, maybe one of you one day will even rise up and get to be president of this country — or maybe forty-four in a row. But that’s my point, is they’ve taken this idea of no establishment as persecution, because they feel entitled, not to equal status, but to greater status.",
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                        "text": "... when the Spaniards persecuted heretics they may have been crude, but they were not being unreasonable or unpractical. They were at least wiser than the people of to-day who pretend that it does not matter what a man believes, as who should say that the flavour and digestibility of a pudding will have nothing to do with its ingredients.",
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                        "text": "Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will occur along life's way and all that is required is the willingness to act when the time comes. The needs of the neighbor, especially those of the weak and downtrodden, the victimized and the persecuted, the ill and the lonely, will become abundantly evident.",
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                        "text": "We must by every means humble our hearts and subdue our proud intellect, lest we should be like the contemporaries of the prophets, who looked on them only as sweet-voiced singers, and nothing more; they did not wish to fulfill their commands, they even despised, persecuted, beat and killed them; lest we should be like those, by whom 'no prophet is accepted in his own country' (Lk. 4:24).",
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                        "text": "“The people were divided into the persecuted and those who persecuted them. That wild beast, which lives in man and does not dare to show itself until the barriers of law and custom have been removed, was now set free. The signal was given, the barriers were down. As has so often happened in the history of man, permission was tacitly granted for acts of violence and plunder, even for murder, if they were carried out in the name of higher interests, according to established rules, and against a limited number of men of a particular type and belief…In a few minutes the business quarter, based on centuries of tradition, was wiped out. It is true that there had always been concealed enmities and jealousies and religious intolerance, coarseness and cruelty, but there had also been courage and fellowship and a feeling for measure and order, which restrained all these instincts within the limits of the supportable and, in the end, calmed them down and submitted them to the general interest of life in common. Men who had been leaders in the commercial quarter for forty years vanished overnight as if they had all died suddenly, together with the habits, customs and institutions which they represented. p. 11”",
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                        "text": "The Negro. The South. These are the details. The real story is the universal one of men who destroy the souls of other men (and in the process destroy themselves) for reasons neither really understands. It is the story of the persecuted, the defrauded, the feared, and detested. I could have been a Jew in Germany, a Mexican in a number of states, or a member of any 'inferior' group. Only the details would have differed. The story would be the same.",
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                        "text": "But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation in its true light, for their eyes are blinded by passion. General fear and anxiety create hatred and aggressiveness. The adaptation to warlike aims and activities has corrupted the mentality of man; as a result, intelligent, objective and humane thinking has hardly any effect and is even suspected and persecuted as unpatriotic.",
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                        "text": "Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be scattered. And the worst of all is that those who are being treated ill cannot accept their sufferings in proof of their testimony, nor can the people reverence the athletes as in the army of martyrs, because the name of Christians is applied to the persecutors. The one charge which is now sure to secure severe punishment is the careful keeping of the traditions of the Fathers.",
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                        "text": "When I turn on my radio, when I hear that Negroes have been lynched in America, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when I turn on my radio, when I hear that Jews have been insulted, mistreated, persecuted, I say that we have been lied to: Hitler is not dead; when, finally, I turn on my radio and hear that in Africa forced labor has been inaugurated and legalized, I say that we have certainly been lied to: Hitler is not dead.",
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                        "text": "When the Jews were being persecuted by the Nazis in 1944 we passed the War Refugee Act, which focused on rescuing Jews, a religious group. But if the religious group is the subject of the persecution based on their religion, it's perfectly OK for a First Amendment-bound society to emphasize their rescue, just as it is perfectly OK to emphasize the fact that many, if not all of the perpetrators of Islamic terrorism, come from countries with a history of supporting terrorism.",
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                        "text": "“Mean girls come in all shapes and sizes. Some are blond cheerleaders, and some are Francophile brunettes who love Tim Burton and write song lyrics on their Converse. It was rarely the hellhounds who said anything mean to me; they expressed no real malice toward me other than the occasional eye roll. They were at the top and had nothing to gain by pushing me around. The ones who scared me, who still scare me, are the girls who see all other girls as competition, who see themselves as the persecuted ones, the ones whom the pretty and popular girls hate. When you believe you're persecuted, you will believe anything you do is justified.”",
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