History Quote by Jennifer Wright

As a nation, we must address the persecution of all religious minorities.

— Mark Meadows

If we look back into history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find few that have not in their…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Because the persecuting majority is vile, says the liberal, therefore the persecuted minority must be stainlessly pure. Can't you see what nonsense that is?…

— Christopher Isherwood

So always, if we look back, concern for face-to-face morality, and its modern emphasis on justice as well, have historically evolved as religious issues.

— Huston Smith

Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plan religion.

— Thomas Browne

Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right?

— Jean-Baptiste Say

“Races, socioeconomic groups, and regions differ in their religious service attendance much more than they did a few decades ago. The religious landscape is…

— Jean M. Twenge

“fact, by any reasonable standard, global religious repression constitutes a human rights catastrophe. As noted earlier, the nonpartisan Pew Research Center concluded in 2009…

— Timothy Shah

History has shown us that it's not religion that's the problem, but any system of thought that insists that one group of people are…

— Rod Liddle

It is iniquitous, unjust, and most impolitic to persecute for religion's sake. It is against natural religion, revealed religion, and sound policy.

— William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield

“Our past is not sacred for being past, and there is much that is behind us that we are struggling to keep behind us,…

— Sam Harris

“The greatest threat to religion in any society is not persecution, but rather apathy born of irrelevance.”

— Sherman A. Jackson