Persecuted Quotes

130 quotes by 115 authors

When we want to give expression to a dramatic situation in our lives, we tend to use metaphors of heaviness. We say that something has… — Milan Kundera
Do you think it makes people nasty to be loved? You know it doesnâ€™t! Then why should it make them nice to be loathed? While… — Christopher Isherwood
The intellectual was rejected and persecuted at the precise moment when the facts became incontrovertible, when it was forbidden to say that the emperor had… — Michel Foucault
Virtue is persecuted by the wicked more than it is loved by the good. — Miguel de Cervantes
The most important truths always appear first as blasphemies or obscenities. That's why every great innovator is persecuted. And the sacraments look obscene, too, to… — Robert Anton Wilson
The difference we wanna make is number one to let these kids know that theyâ€™re not alone, that theyâ€™re actually not that messed up and… — Gerard Way
It comes to this then: there always have been people like me and always will be, and generally they have been persecuted. — E. M. Forster
Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books. — Markus Zusak
I tremble because of the sufferings of those persecuted in different lands. I tremble thinking about the eternal destiny of their torturers. I tremble for… — Richard Wurmbrand
He gets into the habit of thinking so passionately at night that he begins to be persecuted by insomnia. — Louis de Bernieres
Religion has always persecuted science. — Dan Brown
On Painting Rats, and the Glorification of Them. They exist without permission. They are hated, hunted and persecuted. They live in quiet desperation amongst the… — Banksy
Sometimes we must interfere. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. Whenever men or women… — Elie Wiesel
There comes a day when, for someone who has persecuted us, we feel only indifference, a weariness at his stupidity. Then we forgive him. — Cesare Pavese
The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and… — George Orwell
Christianity persecuted, tortured, and burned. Like a hound it tracked the very scent of heresy. It kindled wars, and nursed furious hatreds and ambitions... Man,… — George Santayana
When Franklin drew the lightning from the clouds, he little dreamed that in the evolution of science his discovery would illuminate the torch of Liberty… — Chauncey Depew
My name is Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown. I am a devoted servant of Allah, and an unwavering devotee to His… — H. Rap Brown
I think Judas was a very devout religious Jewish person. He realizes that Jews had been persecuted and enslaved for thousands of years, and he… — Josh Young
The job of the press is to speak truth to power. And yet, for doing our job, we are persecuted. I say that these aggressive… — Sara Harrison

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