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Persecution is not an original feature in any religion, but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

Quote by Thomas Paine about religion, law

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

Quote by Joseph Addison about weakness, people, age, olderness, world, man

The advancement of all sciences, especially where there has been such a radical change, have been attended with persecution.

Quote by Daniel D. Palmer about science, change

Religions that teach brotherly love have been used as an excuse for persecution, and our profoundest scientific insight is made into a means of mass destruction.

Quote by Bertrand Russell about religion, destruction, love