Martyrs Quotes

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The people who have really made history are the martyrs. — Aleister Crowley
I'm not afraid to be one of the martyrs people have offered in the struggle for their just demands. — Unknown Author
The printing presses of the state treasuries cranked out reams of paper currency- showing wise kinds and blissful martyrs- while bankers wept and peasants starved. — Alan Furst
To know how to say what other people only think, is what makes poets and sages; and to dare to say what others only dare… — Elizabeth Charles
Be dead in life, and you will not live in death. Let your soul die strenuously, and not live in weakness. Not only those who… — Isaac of Nineveh
Not all of us are called to die a martyrâ€™s death, but all of us are called to have the same spirit of self-sacrifice and… — Richard Wurmbrand
It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs. — Miguel de Unamuno
No true Christian can carry within his heart hatred for any of God's children . . . I am as aware as any other Christian… — Pat Buchanan
If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle., unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic… — James Connolly
I nursed men back to sanity who were driven to despair. I solicited clothes for the ragged children, for the desperate mothers. I laid out… — Mother Jones
Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress. — Chester Himes
In the blood of the martyrs to intolerance are the seeds of unbelief — Walter Lippmann
Mere negation, mere Epicurean infidelity, as Lord Bacon most justly observes, has never disturbed the peace of the world. It furnishes no motive for action;… — Thomas B. Macaulay
We love the old saints, missionaries, martyrs, and reformers. Our Luthers, Bunyans, Wesleys and Asburys, etc... We will write their biographies, reverence their memories, frame… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
You victorious martyrs who endured torments gladly for the sake of God and Savior, you who have boldness of speech toward the Lord Himself, you… — Ephrem the Syrian
But knowledge does not protect one. Life is contemptuous of knowledge; it forces it to sit in the anterooms, to wait outside. Passion, energy, lies:… — James Salter
Eighty and six years have I served Christ, nor has He ever done me any harm. How, then, could I blaspheme my King who saved… — Polycarp
The agony of martyrdom is almost too much to bear. In the early hours, when the loss is fresh, there is no comfort in knowing… — David Ebershoff
If you outlaw half a million people you make martyrs of them. For example, if you outlaw Robin Hood, it is all very well, but… — Baldur von Schirach
History is changed by martyrs who tell the truth. — Miguel Syjuco

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