People Quote by Harper Lee Download Open image ““Persecution comes from people who are prejudiced.”” — Harper Lee ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare People
“A defensive insensitivity that refuses to acknowledge the sufferings of those with whom we disagree is far too often where this obsession with persecution… — Candida R. Moss Copy Share Image
“The greatest threat to religion in any society is not persecution, but rather apathy born of irrelevance.” — Sherman A. Jackson Copy Share Image
“Persecution complexes are reaffirming to those who benefit from unearned privileges.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should… — Phyllis Bottome Copy Share Image
“Those who embrace prejudice doom themselves to live in ignorance.” — John P Lintz Sr Copy Share Image
“Persecution is an enemy the Church has met and mastered many times. Indifference could prove to be a far more dangerous foe.” — Brother Andrew Copy Share Image
Persecution always says, 'I know the consequences of your opinion better than you know them yourselves.' But the language of toleration was always amicable,… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
That which corrodes the souls of the persecuted is the monstrous inner agreement with the prevailing prejudice against them. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Of course, I could holler Religious Persecution. Not that it would do any good. But it's something I happen to know quite a bit… — Guy Vanderhaeghe Copy Share Image
“The keynote of minority prejudice is this: They are loathed because they are feared.” — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
“No jury in this part of the world's going to say, "We think you're guilty, but not very," on a charge like that. It… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
That proves something- that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“folks don’t like to have somebody around knowin’ more than they do. It aggravates ’em. You’re not gonna change any of them by talkin’… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Writing is something you'll never learn in any university or at any school. It's something that is within you, and if it isn't there,… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence that the crime… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Naw, Jem. I think that there is just one kind of folks. Folks." Jen turned and punched his pillow. WHen he settle back his… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“The course of English Literature would have been decidedly different had Mr. Wordsworth owned a power mower.” — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new;… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the… — Matilda Joslyn Gage Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like I definitely have a real sporty style, more so than a lot of people in G.O.O.D. Music. — Big Sean Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
I think, here's what I've realized from interviewing people, and I've been very open about my Catholicism and my love of Christ and I… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
For us who are now in power, we need to be challenged to serve the people and ignore our own egos and personal interests… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
