Character Quote by Jean Francois Paul de Gondi

When any person of really eminent virtue becomes the object of envy, the clamor and abuse by which he is assailed is but the…

— Richard Whately

The most eminent virtue is doing simply what we have to do.

— Jose Maria Peman

Understanding comes hard to persons of high rank who are accustomed to phony lifestyles that involve no daily work.

— Kenzaburo Oe

High rank and soft manners may not always belong to a true heart.

— Anthony Trollope

Men seldom rise from low condition to high rank without employing either force or fraud, unless that rank should be attained either by gift…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.

— George Washington

“Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion.”

— Bertrand Russell

There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.

— John Milton

“Jesus came to give his righteousness not to condemn the unrighteous.”

— Mac Canoza

Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution.

— Edwin Louis Cole

Persecution matures young rebels.

— Han Suyin

“People talk about history and things like slavery, genocide, and religious persecution as horrors that happened in the past because we were ignorant. But…

— J. Matthew Nespoli

Persecution, in short, is like the goldsmith's stamp on real silver and gold - it is one of the marks of a converted man.

— J. C. Ryle

The sectaries of a persecuted religion, depressed by fear, animated with resentment, and perhaps heated by enthusiasm, are seldom in a proper temper of…

— Edward Gibbon

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