Quote by Niccolò Machiavelli

Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Hence it comes about that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

All the armed prophets conquered; all the unarmed ones perished.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Hence it happened that all the armed prophets conquered, all the unarmed perished. [It., Di qui nacque che tutti li profeti armati vincero, e…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Prophets have a way of dying by violence.

— Frank Herbert

“Why have the writings of the prophets endured? Because they fearlessly speak truth to power. They call out the injustice and oppression of the…

— Rob Bell

“Such are the limitations of the human mind, and so thoroughly engrossing are the cares of common life, that only the few among men…

— Frederick Douglass

“The moment the religious population of the world begins to see the prophets what they really were - mortal teachers of the mortal world,…

— Abhijit Naskar

“The Word of a Prophet is the Word of God Almighty and It takes effect in spite of every obstacle, resistance, persecution, or calamity.…

— Violette Nakhjavani

A lot of prophets have gone to jail.

— Tommy Chong

“Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those they have slain.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution.

— Vance Havner