Christian Quote by J. C. Ryle

Persecution is a very easy form of virtue.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest.

— Frank Moore Colby

What a fine persecution—to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened.

— Tom Stoppard

Persecution is one way to drive believers away and create a carnal comfort zone.

— John Hagee

Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an intense, incessant, implacable doubt.

— Walter Bagehot

How strange a thing this is! The Priest telleth me that the Soul is worth all the gold in the world, and the merchants…

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Eric Hoffer

Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence.

— Oliver Goldsmith

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

— Edmund Burke

Persecution is the heirloom of the church, and the ensign of the elect.

— Charles Spurgeon

Dearest brothers and sisters who are so persecuted, I know how much you suffer, I know that you are stripped of everything. I am…

— Pope Francis

Persecutions are inevitable as a Christian. We are not greater than our Master, Jesus Christ, in whose Holy Spirit we gain strength to endure.

— Anonymous