(18 quotes found)
“Although prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it be postponed.”
Winston Churchill
“Jesus died to forgive our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?”
Jules Feiffer
“The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.”
“Galileo was no idiot. Only an idiot could believe that science requires martyrdom - that may be necessary in religion, but in time a scientific result will establish itself.”
David Hilbert
“The only way to achieve that dream of martyrdom is by your verdict. Please don't make him a hero, ladies and gentlemen. He just doesn't deserve it.”
Edward McMahon
“For all have not the gift of martyrdom.”
John Dryden
“You don't need too many committed to martyrdom to wreak havoc.”
Tom Ridge
“In the heat of the Russian summer a sleeping car is the most horrible instrument of martyrdom imaginable.”
Manfred Von Richthofen
“The mice which helplessly find themselves between the cats' teeth acquire no merit from their enforced sacrifice”
Mahatma Gandhi
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