“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
“There was a feeling on the air like the eve of the end of the world...” — Billie-Jo Williams 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
Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution. — Bill Condon Copy Share Image
Suspicion and persecution are weeds of the same dunghill, and flourish best together. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The monster, fanaticism, still exists, and whoever seeks after truth will run the risk of being persecuted. — Voltaire 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
The causes of the China Incident were the exclusion and insult of Japan throughout China, the exclusion of Japanese goods, the persecution… — Hideki Tojo 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
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
Spiritual people are often persecuted because of their beliefs. Christians were fed to the lions. Jews were slaughtered in concentration camps. Various… — Frederick Lenz 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
“It is one of the ironies of history that the persecution and expulsion of the Jews is what made such an efficient… — Daniel Ammann Copy Share Image
Affliction shows the power of Christ's blood, when it gives peace in an hour of trouble, when it can make happy in… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
“The trouble, in fact, is a difficult one to deal with, since it is inflamed alike by sympathy and by lack of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
A younger sister is someone to use as a guinea-pig in trying sledges and experimental go-carts. Someone to send on messages to… — Pam Brown 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
The forefathers of the United States were children of religious bigotry and persecution, and, as a result, fled Britain to create a… — Mike Medavoy Copy Share Image
Carrying the cross does mean following in Jesus' footsteps. And in His footsteps are rejection, brokenheartedness, persecution and death. There are not… — Hudson Taylor Copy Share Image
You must either suffer in this life or give up the hope of seeing God in Heaven. Sufferings and persecutions are of… — Jean-Marie Le Pen Copy Share Image
If God wanted to forgive our sins, why not just forgive them, without having himself tortured and executed in payment-thereby, incidentally, condemning… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
He held to the idea that the Jewish people, so often victims of injustice and persecution, should have a state where they… — Ariel Sharon Copy Share Image
“When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
It must be understood that there are no nominal, halfhearted, lukewarm Christians in Russia or China. The price Christians pay is far… — Richard Wurmbrand Copy Share Image
“There is one element in Christianity which was not borrowed from Paganism -- religious intolerance. Referring to Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism, a… — John E. Remsburg Copy Share Image
As a form of moral insurance, at least, literature is much more dependable than a system of beliefs or a philosophical doctrine.… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I have a general feeling that writers and artists who are in this peculiar situation, of being a persecuted artist, all anyone… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
It shouldn't be difficult, then, to make the transposition at this point into the early Christian vision of Jesus and the Spirit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I remember one Gentleman objected to the Christian Faith, that it made Men insolent, quarrelsom and ill-natur'd. From whence I concluded, (as… — William Stephens Copy Share Image
On many occasions I have been asked if I think persecution will come to the Western church. My answer might surprise you.… — Brother Yun Copy Share Image
