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There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it with joy and laughter and these are the salt of the generations. – Patrick Henry Pearse

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The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones. – Nathaniel Howe

Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution. – George Eliot

Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning. – Indira Gandhi

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