Top 25 Persecution Quotes of 32 - Page 2

Narrow minds can develop as well through persecution as through benevolence; they can assure themselves of their power by tyrannizing cruelly or beneficially over others.

Narrow minds can develop as well through persecution as through benevolence; they can assure themselves of their power by tyrannizing cruelly or beneficially over others.

Honore de Balzac

Mind, Benevolence, Persecution

Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution.

Robert A. Heinlein

Church, Thrive, Persecution

Robert A. Heinlein (1983). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, Berkley

Persecution readily knits friendship between its victims.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Victim, Persecution

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1888). “Emerson's Complete Works: Miscellanies”

We've come from the same history - 2000 years of persecution - we've just expressed our sufferings differently. Blacks developed the blues. Jews complained, we just never thought of putting it to music.

Jon Stewart

Years, Suffering, Persecution

The persecution of the innovator and protestant has always been inspired by fear on the part of constituted authority of having its infallibility questioned and its power undermined.

Emma Goldman

Inspired, Authority, Persecution

Alphonso Lingis, Emma Goldman (1996). “Red Emma Speaks: An Emma Goldman Reader”, Humanities Press International