Aberration Quote by Shadia Drury

Heretics were most often bitterly persecuted for the their least deviation from accepted belief. It was precisely their obstinacy about trifles that irritated the…

— Lev Shestov

At the bottom of religious persecution is the doctrine of self-defence; that is to say, the defence of the soul. If the founder of…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

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

If one takes full account of the persecution of heretics, the frequency and savagery of the religious wars which Christianity had endangered, the harm…

— A.J. Ayer

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

Heretics think false things about God and call it their faith.

— Saint Augustine

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

— Thomas Paine

Concerning persecution against Christians in America, for those who say it can't happen here - it is already happening here in America. Christians are…

— Paul McGuire

By heart we believe and by mouth confess the one Church, not of heretics but the Holy Roman, Catholic, and Apostolic Church outside which…

— Pope Innocent III

Heretics are not to be disputed with, but to be condemned unheard, and whilst they perish by fire, the faithful ought to pursue the…

— Martin Luther

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Edmund Burke