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Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle

Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by Gods grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out. – Bishop Hugh Latimer

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I am as content to die for Gods eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way. – John Mason Brown

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While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced. – J.B.S. Haldane

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No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded. Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it. – E. M. Cioran

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Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood — never. – Albert Camus

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