Religious Persecution Quotes

13 quotes by 12 authors

• Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety. — Edmund Burke
• The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. — Susan B. Anthony
• Ever since you're little you hear this: 'The pilgrims left England to escape religious persecution and sneak religious freedom into the new world.' But even… — Greg Proops
• Our two nations have a lot in common, when you think about it. We were both founded by immigrants escaping religious persecution in other lands.… — George W. Bush
• The spirit of religious persecution is not the special failing of any particular faith, but springs eternal in the human breast. — Dion Fortune
• Among all the religious persecutions with which almost every page of modern history is stained, no victim ever suffered but for violation of what Government… — Richard Mentor Johnson
• President Obama understands that, as a nation founded by those who fled religious persecution, freedom of religion is central to who we are as Americans.… — Denis McDonough
• Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree with - the… — Hugh Hefner
• 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
• 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
• People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts. — Dorothy L. Sayers
• Monotheistic religions alone furnish the spectacle of religious wars, religious persecutions, heretical tribunals, that breaking of idols and destruction of images of the gods, that… — Arthur Schopenhauer

Who Wrote These Religious Persecution Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 13 Religious Persecution Quotes as follows:

• 2 Religious Persecution Quotes by Susan B. Anthony
• 1 Religious Persecution Quote by Edmund Burke
• 1 Religious Persecution Quote by Greg Proops
• 1 Religious Persecution Quote by George W. Bush
• 1 Religious Persecution Quote by Dion Fortune
• 1 Religious Persecution Quote by Denis McDonough
• 1 Religious Persecution Quote by Hugh Hefner
• 1 Religious Persecution Quote by George Washington
• 1 Religious Persecution Quote by William Butler Yeats
• 1 Religious Persecution Quote by Richard Mentor Johnson
• 1 Religious Persecution Quote by Dorothy L. Sayers
• 1 Religious Persecution Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer