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Martyrdom Quotes
"There are some things so dear, some things so precious, some things so eternally true, that they are worth dying for. And I submit to you that if a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live."
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Martin Luther King Jr.
"Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability."
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George Bernard Shaw
"The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins"
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Soren Kierkegaard
"Martyrdom does not end something, it is only a beginning"
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Indira Gandhi
"Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them."
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Umberto Eco
"The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout."
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Alice Walker
"I see my crucifixion and my death in every great defensive war fought by my people"
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Margaret Walker
"A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it"
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Oscar Wilde
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it"
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Jorge Luis Borges