Quotes about Martyrs

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Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who h — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
I could have been 23 next July I gambled on what mattered most, the dice were cast. I lost. — Hannah Senesh, Hannah Senesh: Her Life and Diary, the First Complete Edition
In all times, and all countries especially in those countries which are divided within by religious faith, there are alw — Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
We can always be sure of one thing—that the messengers of discomfort and sacrifice will be stoned and pelted by those wh — Christopher Hitchens, Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays
The agony of martyrdom is almost too much to bear. In the early hours, when the loss is fresh, there is no comfort in kn — David Ebershoff, The 19th Wife
Every November of my boyhood, we put on red poppies and attended highly patriotic services in remembrance of those who h — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Every war has its martyrs — the unsung heroes who sometimes don’t even know the rationale behind the war they are fighti — Anurag Shourie, Half A Shadow
Whether you go your separate ways or stay together, you will continue to witness--against ignorance, against cruelty, an — Adam Gidwitz, The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
Oh Lion in a peculiar guise,Sharp Roman road to Paradise,Come eat me up, I'll pay thy tollWith all my flesh, and keep my — Stevie Smith, Selected Poems
There are hundreds of political prisoners right now in America’s jails who were so taken by Malcolm [X’s} spirit that th — Cornel West, Black Prophetic Fire
When Abbess Ebba received tidings of the near approach of the pagan hordes, who had already wrecked vengeance upon eccle — Michael Barrett, A Calendar of Scottish Saints
As Luxenberg's work has only recently been published we must await its scholarly assessment before we can pass any judge — Ibn Warraq
The claim at the heart of this book has been carefully researched by several generations of scholars and is orthodox in — Teresa Morgan
Where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice? Oh my brothers, this is the junction between t — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Islam is not unusual in having a tradition of martyrs. What is unique to Islam is the tradition of murderous martyrdom, — Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
You are to make up your mind whether it is to be God or man. Whether you are to be free or a slave. Whether it is to be — Joseph Lewis, An Atheist Manifesto
If you want to be a good parent then be a great leader. You should live a life with passion for someone and something. T — Shannon L. Alder
Thus identified with astronomy, in proclaiming truths supposed to be hostile to Scripture, Geology has been denounced as — David Brewster, More Worlds Than One: The Creed of the Philosopher and the Hope of the Christian
It's an insidious idea, this notion that there is life after death. The promise of a reward in the afterlife has been us — Alom Shaha, The Young Atheists Handbook
Some men are sent to heaven by torturers who thought they were doing god's work by sending them to hell — Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity