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- It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr. — Saint Augustine
- But whoso is heroic must find crises to try his edge. Human virtue demands her champions and martyrs, and the trial of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the… — Thomas Jefferson
- The Roman Catholic Church, had it captured me, as it nearly did, would have sent me on some mission of danger and… — Annie Besant
- It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never. — Albert Camus
- Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven't been cut off. — Emile M. Cioran
- If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a… — James Madison