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

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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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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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The martyr cannot be dishonored. Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame; every prison a more illustrious abode. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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