“I do not believe that God has given us this trial to not purpose. I know that the day will come when… — Shūsaku Endō Copy Share Image
“It is unjust, but only Christlike, to suffer persecution for doing what is right.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
The only thing that permits us to acquiesce in an erroneous theory is the lack of a better one, analogously, an injustice… — John Rawls Copy Share Image
Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims. — Morris Raphael Cohen Copy Share Image
“God allows the persecution of Christians from time to time in order to grow His garden: to weed out the counterfeits who… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of… — George Washington 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
If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Out of this pack-persecution he learned two important things: how to take care of himself in a mass-fight against him; and how,… — Jack London Copy Share Image
I prize my own independence too much. And philosophically, I could never accept any rigid dogma or ideology, whether it's Christianity or… — Saul Alinsky Copy Share Image
“If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it.… — George Orwell 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
Afflictions, persecutions, imprisonments, and death, we must expect, according to the scriptures, which tell us that the blood of those whose souls… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them a faction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin 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
When the Jews were being persecuted by the Nazis in 1944 we passed the War Refugee Act, which focused on rescuing Jews,… — Alan Dershowitz 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
It was the disobedience and rebellion of the Jews, God's chosen people, to their covenantal responsibility to serve only the one true… — John Hagee Copy Share Image
We've come from the same history - 2000 years of persecution - we've just expressed our sufferings differently. Blacks developed the blues.… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
