Quotes about Persecution

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Considering he was neither priest nor scholar, the young man gave sensible, thoughtful replies -- the more so, perhaps, — Iain Pears, The Dream of Scipio
Power is not a means — it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution
The idea that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods, which most experience refutes. — John Stuart Mill
There was a time when skepticism was an act of rebellion. Since to a degree I both believe in evolution and have faith, — Criss Jami, Killosophy
The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race — Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason
Hurricanes couldn’t remove you from my mind. You’re my world and I’m incapable of not loving you. — Billie-Jo Williams
We cannot hope to change a nation without facing trials and persecution in the process — Sunday Adelaja
When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even — Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
Kate faced the crowd. They were just eyes and teeth to her, just spit and voices. It was a moment, even, before they bec — Erin Bow, Plain Kate
Long before it was known to me as a place where my ancestry was even remotely involved, the idea of a state for Jews (or — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Maybe people had no choice but I wonder sometimes what would have happened if everyone without a choice would have made — Amy Harmon, From Sand and Ash
The longer he remained on this earth, the more he was sure that mankind had no clue about God or heaven. Not when they u — Amy Harmon, From Sand and Ash
... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed! — E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
It was strictly forbidden to preach to other prisoners. It was understood that whoever was caught doing this received a — Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured for Christ N/E
I do not believe that God has given us this trial to not purpose. I know that the day will come when we will clearly und — Shūsaku Endō, Silence
If you live in such a manner as to stand the test of the last judgment, you can depend upon it that the world will not s — Alistair Begg
Let us not forget: we are a pilgrim church, subject to misunderstanding, to persecution, but a church that walks serene, — Oscar A. Romero, The Violence of Love
It is unjust, but only Christlike, to suffer persecution for doing what is right. — Joyce Rachelle
Persecution for Christians is not a possibility, it's a promise, it's not a maybe, it's a surely! Following Jesus can me — Kingsley Opuwari Manuel
Every exceptional bias against Christianity I find to be evidence for its validity. — Criss Jami, Healology