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Letter "P" » persecutions
«Bigotry and intolerance, silenced by argument, endeavors to silence by persecution, in old days by fire and sword, in modern days by the tongue»
Author: Charles Simmons
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About:
Bigotry
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Keywords:
argument,
bigotry,
endeavors,
intolerance,
modern-day,
modern,
persecution,
persecutions,
silenced,
sword,
tongue
«Persecution is the first law of society because it is always easier to suppress criticism than to meet it»
«Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims»
«Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law»
«Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution»
Author: William Butler Yeats
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Dramatist,
Poet,
Writer)
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About:
Religion,
Trying
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Keywords:
attempt,
For every,
grounds,
intolerance,
legislation,
persecution,
persecutions,
religious intolerance,
religious persecution
«And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, / But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.»
«But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, / Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.»
«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.»
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
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Critic,
Philosopher,
Scholar)
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Keywords:
crude,
cruder,
For any,
honorable,
indifferent,
name,
no matter,
persecution,
persecutions,
required,
sect,
sort,
sort of
«It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and mortal persecution»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
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Philosopher)
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Keywords:
abhorrence,
anxious,
expect,
mortal,
opposition,
oppositions,
persecution,
persecutions,
reform,
reformer,
reforming,
society
«It is, however, well known that the main national liberation organizations in this country have consistently followed a policy of non-violence. They have conducted themselves peaceably at all times, regardless of government attacks and persecutions u»
Author: Nelson Mandela
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Statesman)
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About:
Country,
Peace,
Violence
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Keywords:
attacks,
conducted,
consistently,
followed,
liberation,
organizations,
peaceably,
persecutions,
regardless,
well known