Persecution

Some Persecution Quotes and Sayings:

Scripture makes it clear to me that there is an obligation to speak out on behalf of those being persecuted.
~Frank R. Wolf

Virtue is persecuted more by the wicked than it is loved by the good.
~Buddha

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.
~George Eliot

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution.
~George Eliot

The only thing that permits us to acquiesce in an erroneous theory is the lack of a better one, analogously, an injustice is tolerable only when it is necessary to avoid an even greater injustice.
~ John Rawls

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

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

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.
~ Joseph Addison

Do not expect justice where might is right.
~ Plato

Persecution was at least a sign of personal interest. Tolerance is composed of nine parts of apathy to one of brotherly love.
~Frank Moore Colby

Most of the harm in the world is done by good people, and not by accident, lapse, or omission. It is the result of their deliberate actions, long persevered in, which they hold to be motivated by high ideals toward virtuous ends.
~Isabel Paterson

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

Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them a faction.
~Thomas Babington

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