Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It’s an evil fate to fall into the hands of a persecutor who was once persecuted.” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution. — John William Fletcher Copy Share Image
We come to the nations pretending to escape persecution, we the most deadly persecutors in all the wretched annals of man. — Samuel Roth Copy Share Image
You can easily see why the experience of Jews would be helpful if you're looking to get action on religious persecution. — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
“A state which which includes within itself a terrorized Church has lost its most faithful servant.” — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
The U.S. is a Government which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance. — George Washington Copy Share Image
In 1933, the Nazis came to power and the more systematic persecution of the Jews followed quickly. Laws were enacted which excluded… — Jack Steinberger Copy Share Image
The persecution of the innovator and protestant has always been inspired by fear on the part of constituted authority of having its… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
The proclamation of Jesus is not a veneer: the proclamation of Jesus goes straight to the bones, heart, goes deep within and… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Joseph Smith was true to his calling and fulfilled his duty even in the face of severe persecution and great personal sacrifice. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Even in November 1938, after five years of anti-Semitic legislation and persecution, they still owned, according to the Times correspondent in Berlin,… — Arthur Bryant Copy Share Image
I could well believe that it is God's intention, since we have refused milder remedies, to compel [Christians] into unity, by persecution… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Persecution cannot harm him who stands by Truth. Did not Socrates fall proudly a victim in body? Was not Paul stoned for… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
“For in politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“And why does England thus persecute the votaries of her science? Why does she depress them to the level of her hewers… — David Brewster Copy Share Image
We know that God disciplines His children, and that testing, suffering, and persecution come to us from Heaven to stretch, grow, and… — Kirk Cameron Copy Share Image
Compulsion in the literal Sense is maliciously misrepresented, by supposing it authorizes Violences committed against the Truth. The Answer to this; by… — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
As humanism begins to dominate the state, the consequence is complete hostile annexation of the church or persecution by separation. Religion is… — Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn Copy Share Image
I do not want to be misunderstood that you need a dose of persecution in order, really, to have a sense of… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
It appears an extraordinary thing to me, that since there is such a diabolical spirit in the depravity of human nature, as… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
Do not expect, my friend, that the whole world will rejoice if you become Christian. You will probably receive enmity and hatred… — Martyn Copy Share Image
A man who is convinced of the truth of his religion is indeed never tolerant. At the least, he is to feel… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
“As long as we continue to search for enemies anywhere but inside ourselves, there will always be a Middle East problem. Religion… — Mosab Hassan Yousef Copy Share Image
“The most glorious triumphs of the Church have been won in times of persecution. The early church was persecuted for about three… — D.L. Moody Copy Share Image
If we look back in history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find a few that have… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“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
“We must face the fact that society is founded on intolerance. [. . .] We may prate of toleration as we will;… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Before we can hope to understand the Fathers, or rightly to estimate the force of the testimony they bear to Universalism, we… — Thomas Allin Copy Share Image
“Exoneration of Jesus Christ If Christ was in fact God, he knew all the future. Before Him like a panorama moved the… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“The language of martyrdom and persecution is often the language of war. It forces a rupture between “us” and “them” and perpetuates… — James Martin Copy Share Image
“It is unjust, but only Christlike, to suffer persecution for doing what is right.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. — Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Copy Share Image
Persecution on racial and religious grounds has absolutely no place in a nation given over to liberty. — Nicholas Murray Butler Copy Share Image
I don't think that the economy can absorb a massive flow of immigration that does not relate to the issue of persecution. — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
Suspicion and persecution are weeds of the same dunghill, and flourish best together. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Journalism has a special, hallowed place for stories of its practitioners' persecution. — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution. — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“You can only grow in jail what you take to jail with you. You can only grow in persecution what you take… — Nik Ripkin Copy Share Image