Coal Quote by Edwin Hubbel Chapin

The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are reviled but we do not intend to speak evil in return. We are in desperate straits but do not despair. We are…

— Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

“In the long run, the pessimism of reactionaries never proves to be justified, but neither does the optimism of revolutionaries. The expansion of human…

— René Girard

“The myth of Christian martyrdom and persecution needs to be corrected, because it has left us with a dangerous legacy that poisons the well…

— Candida Moss

Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

— Thomas Jefferson

To many Americans, everything from the Easter morning to the Ascension had to be made up by the groveling enthusiasts as part of their…

— Antonin Scalia

Where there is most feeling, there is the greatest martyrdom.

— Leonardo da Vinci

That which corrodes the souls of the persecuted is the monstrous inner agreement with the prevailing prejudice against them.

— Eric Hoffer

High sentiments always win in the end. The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than…

— George Orwell

“The attitude of uncompromising heroism is attractive, and appeals especially to the dramatic instinct. But the purpose of the serious revolutionary is not personal…

— Bertrand Russell

Alas, how wretched is the being who depends on the stability of public favour!

— Sarah Siddons

My brave fellows, let no sensation of satisfaction for the triumphs you have gained induce you to insult your fallen enemy. Let no shouting,…

— George Washington