The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bys

The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure. – Thomas Jefferson

We are not here to triumph by fighting, by strata gem, or by resistance, not to fight with beasts as men. We have fought the beast and have conquered. We have only to conquer now, by suffering. This is the easier victory. – TS (Thomas Stearns) Eliot

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

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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