“ Long before it was known to me as a place where my ancestry was even remotely involved, the idea of a state for Jews (or a Jewish state; not quite the same thing, as I failed at first to see) had been… Christopher Hitchens
“ Some skeptics believe religious people are religious because they fear Hell. It's about as fair as saying skeptics are skeptics because they fear the ridicule of modern society. Criss Jami
“ The neo-cons, or some of them, decided that they would back Clinton when he belatedly decided for Bosnia and Kosovo against Milosevic, and this even though they loathed Clinton, because the battle aga… Christopher Hitchens
“ Nothing will ever equal that moment of joyous excitement which filled my whole being when I felt myself flying away from the earth. It was not mere pleasure; it was perfect bliss. Escaped from the fri… Jacques Charles
“ With the growth of civilisation in Europe, and with the revival of letters and of science in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the ethical and intellectual criticism of theology once more recomm… Thomas Henry Huxley
“ We think ourselves possessed, or at least we boast that we are so, of liberty of conscience on all subjects and of the right of free inquiry and private judgment in all cases, and yet how far are we f… John Adams
“ The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations And Religions; whom we shall wellcome to a participation of all o… George Washington
“ [H]as it really been so long since religions persecuted people, burning them as heretics, drowning them as witches, that you can't recognize religious persecution when you see it?[ Salman Rushdie
“ If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it. But if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, eve… George Orwell
“ 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
“ Persecution for Christians is not a possibility, it's a promise, it's not a maybe, it's a surely! Following Jesus can mean finding the trouble you've been looking for! Kingsley Opuwari Manuel
“ Considering he was neither priest nor scholar, the young man gave sensible, thoughtful replies -- the more so, perhaps, for being untrained, for he had not learned what he should believe or should not… Iain Pears
“ In order to improve our life for good always remember that regardless of what anyone else says and does, we are ultimately responsible for our own actions. This is the only way to experience victory,… Donald Pillai
“ When my mother told my father what had happened, he didn't want to believe it. Nobody ever wants to believe what happens to the Jews, she said, not even us. Nathan Englander
“ Persecution complexes are reaffirming to those who benefit from unearned privileges. DaShanne Stokes
“ Knowing that God is backing up our words and actions makes us strong, firm and courageous in any trial or persecution Sunday Adelaja
“ Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. Voltaire
