martyrdom quotes

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Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

George Bernard Shaw

Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.

Winston Churchill

Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.

Pope Francis

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

Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.

Arthur Schopenhauer

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

Voltaire

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.

Samuel Johnson

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

Mark Twain

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Mahatma Gandhi