Persecution Quotes

278 Persecution quotes by 233 unique authors

I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and… — George Washington
Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution. — William Butler Yeats
Not to abide in Jesus’ love would mean that we stop believing that we are loved by Jesus. We look at our circumstances - perhaps… — John Piper
Will a day come when the race will detect the funniness of these juvenilities and laugh at them—and by laughing at them destroy them? For… — Mark Twain
What a fine persecution—to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened. — Tom Stoppard
When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Out of this pack-persecution he learned two important things: how to take care of himself in a mass-fight against him; and how, on a single… — Jack London
I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody's right to beautiful, radiant things.' Anarchism meant that to me, and I would live it in spite… — Emma Goldman
The one distinct feature of our Association has been the right of the individual opinion for every member. We have been beset at every step… — Susan B. Anthony
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed… — George Washington
We've come from the same history - 2000 years of persecution - we've just expressed our sufferings differently. Blacks developed the blues. Jews complained, we… — Jon Stewart
Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution. — Robert A. Heinlein
O that we would so love the gospel and have so much compassion for lost people that tribulation and distress and persecution and famine and… — John Piper
Narrow minds can develop as well through persecution as through benevolence; they can assure themselves of their power by tyrannizing cruelly or beneficially over others. — Honore de Balzac
The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble,… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
With patience and calm, persistence and stoicism, good handwriting and careful labeling, they would meet persecution, indignity, and hardship head-on. — Michael Chabon
And for all his life it would be kindness and love that made him cry, never pain or persecution, which on the contrary only reinforced… — Albert Camus
Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise.... During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been… — James Madison
But then why is it so terrible for me to be with the girl I love? Everyone one is permitted to have what they want,… — Tabitha Suzuma
The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. History is teeming with instances of truth… — John Stuart Mill
People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts. — Dorothy L. Sayers
Mosca and Saracen shared, if not a friendship, at least the solidarity of the generally despised. Mosca assumed that Saracen had his reasons for his… — Frances Hardinge
It is evil things that we will be fighting against-brute force, bad faith, injustice, oppression and persecution-and against them I am certain that the right… — Neville Chamberlain
If you think your belief is based upon reason, you will support it by argument rather than by persecution, and will abandon it if the… — Bertrand Russell
Let us keep before us the fact that, almost without exception, every race or nation that has ever got upon its feet has done so… — Booker T. Washington

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