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People who prefer to believe the worst of others will breed war and religious persecutions while the world lasts. — Dorothy L. Sayers

Persecution is the compliment paid by a threatened lie to a conquering truth. — Chapman Cohen

If the Tiber rises too high, or the Nile too low, the remedy is always feeding Christians to the lions. — Tertullian

Let us pray for the many Christians in the world who still suffer persecution and violence. May God grant them the courage of fidelity. — Pope Francis

Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution. — Bill Condon

The devil is the initiator of persecution — Sunday Adelaja

Yes great people are always subject to persecution and always getting into straits. — Friedrich Schiller

I'd hate to find out that the universe really wasn't conspiring against me. It would jerk the rug out from under my persecution complex. — Jim Butcher

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. — George Eliot

CHAPTER XLIII PERSECUTION — Anthony Trollope

Knowing that God is backing up our words and actions makes us strong, firm and courageous in any trial or persecution — Sunday Adelaja

Happily the Government of the United States ... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. — George Washington

Persecution has never hurt the church ... only prosperity. — Paul Washer

Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows. — Imelda Marcos

Not everything that offends us should offend us, and not everything that offends us is persecution. — Russell D. Moore

One with God is always a majority. But many have been burned at the stake while the boats were being counted. Thomas Reed — H.W. Brands

The Bible clearly says that faithfulness and persecution often go hand in hand. — Billy Graham

Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians. — Conrad Black

Persecution is the heirloom of the church, and the ensign of the elect. — Charles Spurgeon

The spirit of religious persecution is not the special failing of any particular faith, but springs eternal in the human breast. — Dion Fortune

Christ didn't join in. He saw which direction the rocks were being thrown, and became a shield. — Criss Jami

All persecution is a sign of fear; for if we did not fear the power of an opinion different from our own, we should not mind others holding it. — Phyllis Bottome

How terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed! — E.A. Bucchianeri

Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. — Jean Francois Paul De Gondi

It is unjust, but only Christlike, to suffer persecution for doing what is right. — Joyce Rachelle

Eugene Debs entered jail a moderate Unionist and emerged a Socialist. — H.W. Brands

God's church is a Bible-centered church, and it grows strong under persecution. — Billy Graham

Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution. — William Butler Yeats

I'm the only English thing they can vent their anger on. — Harold Holzer

The whole history of Christianity proves that she has little indeed to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear from persecution as an ally. — Thomas B. Macaulay

Anyone who prays for the death of his enemy must consider who tempted Jesus Christ, the persecution of the apostles and the Psalm 23 of David — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

Persecution, like fire, burns up the weak elements (wood and hay) but actually purifies the strong ones (silver and gold). It — Jefferson Bethke

Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel; but it is cruel because it is wrong. — Richard Whately

Journalism has a special, hallowed place for stories of its practitioners' persecution. — Thomas Frank

Persecution for opinion is the master vice of society. — Frances Wright

Joseph Smith was true to his calling and fulfilled his duty even in the face of severe persecution and great personal sacrifice. — Joseph B. Wirthlin

When you face tests and persecution don't complain, but remember that everything works together for good for those who love God — Sunday Adelaja

...our history, the history of European Jews...they will never forgive us for the evil they've done to us — Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Opinions become dangerous to a state only when persecution makes it necessary for the people to communicate their ideas under the bond of secrecy. — Charles James Fox

More Christians died for their faith at the hands of fellow Christians
than had died before in all the persecutions. — Ramsay MacMullen

Persecution is a tribute the great must always pay for preeminence. — Oliver Goldsmith

They strain over gnats and swallow camels. They also cannibalize each other for power. — Mike Duran

Even today a crude sort of persecution is all that is required to create an honorable name for any sect, no matter how indifferent in itself. — Friedrich Nietzsche

If one fears men much he will never do anything great for God: all that one does for God arouses persecution. — Ignatius Of Loyola

Christianity is anything but safe. Jesus made clear that trouble and persecution stood in the future for His followers. — Dillon Burroughs

But the reality is that many people are facing nonphysical persecution because of their stand for righteousness. — Jerry Bridges

The church should not be pampered but rather prepare for, and expect, persecution - for it is Christ's body on earth. — Billy Graham

Mankind has been punished long and heavily for having created its gods; nothing but pain and persecution have been man's lot since gods began. — Emma Goldman

Our reaction and attitude to persecution will determine if we are really ready for big things or not — Sunday Adelaja

The victims of persecution had now turned persecutors on their own account, — Arthur Conan Doyle

When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The early Church was birthed and sustained in almost constant persecution and pressures — Greg Gordon

Be of good comfort, Mr. Ridley, and play the man! We shall this day light such a candle by God's grace, in England, as I trust never shall be put out. — Hugh Latimer

If we are not receiving some type of ridicule for our beliefs, we are probably doing something wrong. — Dillon Burroughs

intelligence, its tenets those of division, regression, hatred, violence and persecution. In — Stefan Zweig

Our nearness to the king in love is nearness to those who love not the king. — William Shakespeare

The religious persecution of the ages has been done under what was claimed to be the command of God. — Susan B. Anthony

Religious and racial persecution is moronic at all times, perhaps the most idiotic of human stupidities. — Harry S. Truman

without fighting back. The persecution of the Jews — Miklos Nyiszli

With every blessing comes temptation, tests and persecution — Sunday Adelaja

Fanaticism is the child of false zeal and of superstition, the father of intolerance and of persecution. — John William Fletcher

Great minds with great ideas usually share in the midst of their persecution — Jeremy Aldana

You can easily see why the experience of Jews would be helpful if you're looking to get action on religious persecution. — Elliott Abrams

The advancement of all sciences, especially where there has been such a radical change, have been attended with persecution. — Daniel D. Palmer

Our psychological and spiritual vigilance is very important during a time of persecution — Sunday Adelaja

Popularity has killed more prophets than persecution. — Vance Havner

Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution. — Robert A. Heinlein

Persecution is a bad and indirect way to plan religion. — Thomas Browne

Persecution is as necessary to religion as pruning to an orchard. — Austin O'Malley

[Angels] guide, comfort, and provide for the people of God in the midst of suffering and persecution. — Billy Graham

Persecution on racial and religious grounds has absolutely no place in a nation given over to liberty. — Nicholas Murray Butler

Racism remains in the eyes of history ... merely another instance of the persecution of minorities for the advantage of those in power. — Ruth Benedict

Prejudice is a disease. And when they come for you, or refuse your worth, I will be ready for their stones. I belong to you. — Lady Gaga

From the fires of persecution, can come sparks of light. — Tom Althouse

I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour. — Sacha Baron Cohen

Persecution of Christians is growing around the world, and Congress needs to pay more attention to it. — Elliott Abrams

Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue. — Charles Simmons

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

Silence is the greatest persecution; never do the saints keep themselves silent. — Blaise Pascal

Where religion is trivialized, one is unlikely to find persecution. — Charles Krauthammer