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Persecution Quotes

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

"'I dressed as Borat and Ali G fans had no idea it was me': Sacha Baron Cohen on enjoying his anonymity" by Rob Bleaney, www.mirror.co.uk. May 18, 2012.

Persecution is simply the clash between two irreconcilable value-systems.

John R. W. Stott, Dale Larsen, Sandy Larsen (1998). “The Beatitudes: Developing Spiritual Character”, Intervarsity Press

What a fine persecution—to be kept intrigued without ever quite being enlightened.

Tom Stoppard (2007). “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead”, p.41, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Persecution is the heirloom of the church, and the ensign of the elect.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (2016). “Treasury of David”, p.5323, Bible Study Steps

Galileo probably would have escaped persecution if his discoveries could have been disproved.

Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.153

Persecution is not wrong because it is cruel; but it is cruel because it is wrong.

Richard Whately (1856). “Essays [third Series] on the Errors of Romanism Having Their Origin in Human Nature”, p.144

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

Ramsay MacMullen (1999). “Christianity and Paganism in the Fourth to Eighth Centuries”, p.14, Yale University Press

To charge Snowden with espionage is a severe form of political persecution.

"Ecuador or Another Country Should Grant Asylum to Snowden, CEPR Co-Director Says". cepr.net. June 23, 2013.