Quote by L.M. Montgomery

“O, because I have had only that kind of benevolence which consists in lying on a sofa, and cursing the church and clergy for…

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“One can see, you know, very easily, how others ought to be martyrs.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“O God, forgive me - I am a proud, lustful, greedy man. I have loved authority too much. These people are martyrs - protecting…

— Graham Greene

“We must all make the mental leap from the pious histories we have read in the martyrologies to the reality of living flesh and…

— Michael D. O'Brien

“How I suffered when I had to preach to you those pious lies that I detest in my heart. What remorse your credulity caused…

— Jean Meslier

“Those of us with the courage to open ourselves to that much love and not fear it - who can give joy to a…

— Derek Miller

“Martyrs, you see, are like bees. Their only power comes in death. How many of you would sacrifice yourself not to kill, but merely…

— Pierce Brown

“And the only thing worse than the silencing of a martyr, a real martyr – someone with dangerous ideas – is silencing someone who…

— Dave Eggers

“I’m not in the business of facilitating the creation of martyrs. That’s”

— John Connolly

“Martyrdom is not a beginning, it is an end. The last thing this world needs is more martyrs.”

— Zohreh Ghahremani

“Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?”

— Jules Feiffer

“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.”

— Clarence Darrow