Quote by J.B.S. Haldane
While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense

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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The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower. – Florence Nightingale

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

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

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