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
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
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
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
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
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
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
After Bruno's death, during the first half of the seventeenth century, Descartes seemed about to take the leadership of human thought... in… — Andrew Dickson White Copy Share Image
God requireth not a uniformity of religion to be enacted in any civil state; which enforced uniformity (sooner or later) is the… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
“Even in the most closed cultures men believe that they are free and open to the universal; their differential character makes the… — René Girard Copy Share Image
If Christianity were true religious persecution would become a pious and charitable duty: if God designs to punish men for their opinions… — William Winwood Reade Copy Share Image
There is no place for fear among men and women who Almighty, who do not hesitate to humble themselves in seeking divine… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The argument against the persecution of opinion does not depend upon what the excuse for persecution may be. The argument is that… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations, they were merely giving the death warrant to a whole race; they… — Henry Morgenthau, Sr Copy Share Image
If you take care of yourself and walk with integrity, you may be confident that God will deal with those who sin… — Warren W. Wiersbe 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
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
“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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
Monotheistic religions alone furnish the spectacle of religious wars, religious persecutions, heretical tribunals, that breaking of idols and destruction of images of… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
The very fears and guilts imposed by religious training are responsible for some of history's most brutal wars, crusades, pogroms, and persecutions,… — Barbara G. Walker Copy Share Image
The Elders would go forth, and each must stand for himself...to go in all meekness, in sobriety, and preach Jesus Christ and… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Christianity...made, for nearly 1,500 years, persecution, religious wars, massacres, theological feuds and bloodshed, heresy huntings and heretic burnings, prisons, dungeons, anathemas, curses,… — M. M. Mangasarian Copy Share Image
Whether it's military resources or whatever it is doesn't matter. We need more detention facilities, more immigration judges, we need the ability… — Dan Crenshaw Copy Share Image
We don't want sympathetic liberals, we want gays to represent gays... I represent the gay street people-the 14-year-old runaway from San Antonio.… — Harvey Milk Copy Share Image
“Islamo-Fascism is NOT the result of economic deprivation or legitimate blowback because of Western foreign policies or even heinous drone attacks on… — Gary F. Patton Copy Share Image
The way in which the persecution of Galileo has been remembered is a tribute to the quiet commencement of the most intimate… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
“Well, there is nothing we can do about it. We have to put up with these snakes, dogs, and swine surrounding us… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Christians are beginning to lose the spirit of intolerance which animated them: experience has shown the error of the expulsion of the… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Happiness is caused by things that happen around me, and circumstances will mar it; but joy flows right on through trouble; joy… — Dwight L. Moody Copy Share Image
Over the years, Britain has made her own, unique contribution to Europe. We have provided a haven to those fleeing tyranny and… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
