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The greatest gift Israel can give me is to assassinate me, i prefer to die a martyr from an F-16 than to die of coronavirus or [another] disease. – Yahya Sinwar	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
You say monster, I say martyr. You say murder, I say self-defense. You say legal, I say defective law. – Ryan Pack	added by anonymous 3 years ago
We made mad love Shadow love Random love And abandoned love Accidentally like a martyr The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder – Warren Zevon	added by RobertHaigh 3 years ago
If these tactics of the lawyers are aimed at to create an image of a martyr... that is not a correct approach and an honest one, i would like to repeat again we are acting in full compliance with our law and international norms that can be applied in this case. – Sergei Lavrov	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The ink of a scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr. – Mohammed	added by Normando 5 years ago
Jamal Khashoggi is a martyr for the struggle for democracy and freedom in our part of the world. I want to bury the body of my beloved Jamal -- Jamal Khashoggi -- surrounded by the prayers of his friends and loved ones. I want to know : Where is his body ? i believe that the Saudi regime knows where his body is... I want justice to be served. Not only for those who murdered my beloved Jamal, but for those who organized it and gave the order for it. – Hatice Cengiz	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The nicest areas are the martyr's shrines and mosques. – Hussein Hussein	Found on CNN 5 years ago
What the hell does it matter how I feel? This isn't about me, this is about my kid, joaquin's picture is a protest. Joaquin is a martyr, killed by a murderer who was endorsed by system that allows these things to happen. – Manuel Oliver	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The north of England was out of step with the rest of the country at this time – far more conservative and in favor of the traditions of the Catholic Church so open rebellion was a real threat, someone more in tune with the local situation may have convinced the King that such a cruel sentence would martyr the abbot and exacerbate problems in the northwest. – The King	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The military jeeps were driving in and this martyr was behind them on a motorbike. They shot him ... and he fell to the ground. – Mohammed Sadee	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I wish I got martyr and I dont fear death.. – Burhan Wani	added by anonymous 7 years ago
He accepted his martyrdom there on the altar, he gave his life for us so as not to deny Jesus . . . He is a martyr and martyrs are beatified. – Pope Francis on Wednesday	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
What this young man does n’t understand is the very first martyr for freedom in our country was a black man, he does n’t understand the Tuskegee airmen, who had hundreds of battles over the skies of Germany so he can sit and be ignorant as he wants to be today. – Burgess Owens	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
One country's terrorist cannot be a martyr or freedom fighter for anyone, those who provide support, encouragement, sanctuary, safe haven or any assistance to terrorism or terrorists must be isolated. – Indian Interior Minister Rajnath Singh	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Salah defected from the parliament in 2010, joined us and repented and he became a martyr today, the current so-called Somali government lawmakers should follow suit. We are telling them to take part in the jihad via the same procedures. – Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh was willing to become a martyr, using his U.S. military training as a weapon for ISIL. Instead, found guilty of his crimes, he is facing a lengthy incarceration. – The FBI	Found on CNN 8 years ago
When the battle is over , the warrior claps his hands sorrowfully for he has lost and the martyr has won. – Qassem Soleimani	added by anonymous 8 years ago
They've turned Baluchistan into a slaughterhouse. And the Baluch nation will hold these perpetrators accountable for each and every drop of Baluch martyr's blood. – Allah Nazar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When people arrive, I totally give them jobs and don't act the martyr. That makes everyone happy and part of the process, the most important things to do, I think, for a stress-free Thanksgiving are to pray, eat and love what you did ... and let someone else clean up. – Jessica McFadden	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Even if [a cure] doesn’t happen in my lifetime, doesn’t save me, which I hope it does, I’m not trying to be a martyr, at the very least, you know it was worth it because this thing just can’t go on forever. – Matt Bellina	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
There is not one corner where my two martyr brothers did not fight, if another one of us is martyred, we will continue. – Naji Dawoud	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
John's religious leaders have worked with him for a long time to help him find a place in the Mormon community, but John has turned his own departure from the faith into a socio-political issue, and himself into a self-made martyr. – Scott Gordon	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It is often pleasant to stone a martyr, no matter how much we admire him. – John Barth	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The prelude to Tristan and Isolde reminds me of the Italian painting of the martyr whose intestines are slowly being unwound from his body on a reel. – Eduard Hanslick	added by anonymous 13 years ago

The greatest gift Israel can give me is to assassinate me, i prefer to die a martyr from an F-16 than to die of coronavirus or [another] disease.

– Yahya Sinwar

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

You say monster, I say martyr. You say murder, I say self-defense. You say legal, I say defective law.

– Ryan Pack

added by anonymous
3 years ago

We made mad love Shadow love Random love And abandoned love Accidentally like a martyr The hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder

– Warren Zevon

added by RobertHaigh
3 years ago

If these tactics of the lawyers are aimed at to create an image of a martyr... that is not a correct approach and an honest one, i would like to repeat again we are acting in full compliance with our law and international norms that can be applied in this case.

– Sergei Lavrov

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The ink of a scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr.

– Mohammed

added by Normando
5 years ago

Jamal Khashoggi is a martyr for the struggle for democracy and freedom in our part of the world. I want to bury the body of my beloved Jamal -- Jamal Khashoggi -- surrounded by the prayers of his friends and loved ones. I want to know : Where is his body ? i believe that the Saudi regime knows where his body is... I want justice to be served. Not only for those who murdered my beloved Jamal, but for those who organized it and gave the order for it.

– Hatice Cengiz

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The nicest areas are the martyr's shrines and mosques.

– Hussein Hussein

Found on CNN
5 years ago

What the hell does it matter how I feel? This isn't about me, this is about my kid, joaquin's picture is a protest. Joaquin is a martyr, killed by a murderer who was endorsed by system that allows these things to happen.

– Manuel Oliver

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The north of England was out of step with the rest of the country at this time – far more conservative and in favor of the traditions of the Catholic Church so open rebellion was a real threat, someone more in tune with the local situation may have convinced the King that such a cruel sentence would martyr the abbot and exacerbate problems in the northwest.

– The King

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The military jeeps were driving in and this martyr was behind them on a motorbike. They shot him ... and he fell to the ground.

– Mohammed Sadee

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I wish I got martyr and I dont fear death..

– Burhan Wani

added by anonymous
7 years ago

He accepted his martyrdom there on the altar, he gave his life for us so as not to deny Jesus . . . He is a martyr and martyrs are beatified.

– Pope Francis on Wednesday

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

What this young man does n’t understand is the very first martyr for freedom in our country was a black man, he does n’t understand the Tuskegee airmen, who had hundreds of battles over the skies of Germany so he can sit and be ignorant as he wants to be today.

– Burgess Owens

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

One country's terrorist cannot be a martyr or freedom fighter for anyone, those who provide support, encouragement, sanctuary, safe haven or any assistance to terrorism or terrorists must be isolated.

– Indian Interior Minister Rajnath Singh

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Salah defected from the parliament in 2010, joined us and repented and he became a martyr today, the current so-called Somali government lawmakers should follow suit. We are telling them to take part in the jihad via the same procedures.

– Sheikh Abdiasis Abu Musab

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh was willing to become a martyr, using his U.S. military training as a weapon for ISIL. Instead, found guilty of his crimes, he is facing a lengthy incarceration.

– The FBI

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When the battle is over , the warrior claps his hands sorrowfully for he has lost and the martyr has won.

– Qassem Soleimani

added by anonymous
8 years ago

They've turned Baluchistan into a slaughterhouse. And the Baluch nation will hold these perpetrators accountable for each and every drop of Baluch martyr's blood.

– Allah Nazar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When people arrive, I totally give them jobs and don't act the martyr. That makes everyone happy and part of the process, the most important things to do, I think, for a stress-free Thanksgiving are to pray, eat and love what you did ... and let someone else clean up.

– Jessica McFadden

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Even if [a cure] doesn’t happen in my lifetime, doesn’t save me, which I hope it does, I’m not trying to be a martyr, at the very least, you know it was worth it because this thing just can’t go on forever.

– Matt Bellina

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There is not one corner where my two martyr brothers did not fight, if another one of us is martyred, we will continue.

– Naji Dawoud

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

John's religious leaders have worked with him for a long time to help him find a place in the Mormon community, but John has turned his own departure from the faith into a socio-political issue, and himself into a self-made martyr.

– Scott Gordon

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It is often pleasant to stone a martyr, no matter how much we admire him.

– John Barth

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The prelude to Tristan and Isolde reminds me of the Italian painting of the martyr whose intestines are slowly being unwound from his body on a reel.

– Eduard Hanslick

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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