Martyr Quotations

I have read somewhere that in a totalitarian system martyrdom does better than thought.

The homosexual is a scapegoat who evokes no sympathy. Hence, he can only be a victim, never a martyr.

Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have slain

For me Christ has always symbolized the true type of the Jewish martyr.

I'm fighting so I can die a martyr and go to heaven to meet God. Our fight now is against the Americans.

We are not afraid to be a martyr for this cause.

In either case I have to point out my opposition to Guatemala participating in armed operations in any part of the planet. We can't tolerate that they declare them martyrs and heroes and let that be enough to prevent an investigation into the matter.

Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.

A patriot's blood,Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed,And for a time ensure to his loved land,The sweets of liberty and equal laws;But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize,And win it with more pain. Their blood is shedIn confirmation of the noblest claim --Our claim to feed upon immortal truth,To walk with God, to be divinely free,To soar, and to anticipate the skies.Yet few remember them.

A patriot's blood, Well spent in such a strife, may earn indeed, And for a time ensure to his loved land, The sweets of liberty and equal laws; But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize, And win it with more pain. Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim -- Our claim to feed upon immortal truth, To walk with God, to be divinely free, To soar, and to anticipate the skies. Yet few remember them.