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That House Democrats' final act in the majority was to strike one last blow in their relentless war against Donald Trump — in the process running roughshod over the very norms and institutions they so claim to cherish — marks a fitting end to their progressive rule, and tells you all you need to know about their priorities and posture as they lose their grip on power, this was of a piece with the Soviet show trial-style January 6th Committee that recently reached its unceremonious conclusion, the primary purpose of which was never to unearth truth or hold people to account, but to politically persecute political foes declared guilty at the outset while the Biden Justice Department does the Democrats' legal bidding in criminalizing its political opponents. – Benjamin Weingarten	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Rather than giving tens of billions of dollars to the IRS to harass and persecute American taxpayers, I think we should abolish the IRS and instead adopt a simple flat tax. – Ted Cruz	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
A lot of these governments don't care about human rights, they are unelected governments that persecute their citizens in their countries. There is no real rule of law and democracy when it comes to deportations of Uyghurs. – Maya Wang	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Nobody was angry, we were just like, We want to worship. We want to declare a blessing over the state of California. When they persecute and discriminate, we bless. We want to release hope and we want to unify the sound of Bethel Church. – Sean Feucht	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
CLICK HERE FOR MORE FAITH STORIES Jehovahs Witnesses are Christians, too, so I dont quite understand why persecute Jehovahs Witnesses. – Vladimir Putins	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The reason China has such a focus is they're kind of exploring the limits of new systems of how President Trump persecute a religious minority. But we've got persecution in 80 % of the global population. – Sam Brownback	Found on CNN 4 years ago
It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too. – Sigmund Freud	added by Normando 5 years ago
It determines not only that state terrorism in Argentina was an criminal conspiracy but that it was coordinated with other dictatorships, they got together to maximize efforts to persecute political opponents of each of the dictatorships, and to 'disappear' or eliminate those who were considered subversive. – Luz Palmas Zaldua	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
This is way beyond the pale, this is basically a call to persecute a religious minority based on nothing other than their faith. – Ibrahim Hooper	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I want British Muslims to know we will back them to stand against those who spread hate and to counter the narrative which says Muslims do not feel British, i want police to take more action against those who persecute others simply because of their religion. – Prime Minister David Cameron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We believe he ordered his troops to attack, pillage, rape, persecute and kill civilians belonging to Lendu, Ngiti and other ethnic groups, we believe he recruited hundreds of children into the UPC (Union of Congolese Patriots) and used them to kill and to die in the fighting; and girl soldiers to be routinely raped. – Fatou Bensouda	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
People have tried to stick this label on us, even people who use criminal law to persecute people of nontraditional orientation. Some U.S. states make it a crime, and though as far as I know these laws are not actually applied and the Supreme Court has suspended them, but they are nevertheless still on the books. We have no criminal penalties. – President Vladimir Putin	Found on CNN 9 years ago
If they start to persecute them, then everything that makes Hong Kong special goes away, they are looking for scapegoats because they have mishandled this so badly. – Mark Simon	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. – Jesus Christ	added by anonymous 9 years ago
The danger facing American Jews today is not that Christians want to persecute them but that Christians want to marry them. – Irving Kristol	added by anonymous 10 years ago
In doing good, we are generally cold, and languid, and sluggish; and of all things afraid of being too much in the right. But the works of malice and injustice are quite in another style. They are finished with a bold, masterly hand; touched as they are with the spirit of those vehement passions that call forth all our energies, whenever we oppress and persecute. – Edmund Burke	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Whosoever does not persecute them that persecute him; whosoever takes an offence in silence; he who does good because of love; he who is cheerful under his sufferings -- these are the friends of God, and of them the Scripture says: "They shall shine forth like the sun at noontide." – The Talmud	added by acronimous 12 years ago
Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, seeing and using ways of their own, discredit the routine as churches and monasteries persecute youthful saints. – Ralph Waldo Emerson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Everyone, whether cardinal or scientist, who believes that his own truth is complete and final must become a dogmatist...The more sincere his faith, the more he is bound to persecute, to save others from falling into error. – Joyce	added by anonymous 14 years ago
If you can impress any man with an absorbing conviction of the supreme importance of some moral or religious doctrine if you can make him believe that those who reject that doctrine are doomed to eternal perdition if you then give that man power, and by means of his ignorance blind him to the ulterior consequences of his own act,-he will infallibly persecute those who deny his doctrine. – Henry Thomas Buckle	added by anonymous 14 years ago

That House Democrats' final act in the majority was to strike one last blow in their relentless war against Donald Trump — in the process running roughshod over the very norms and institutions they so claim to cherish — marks a fitting end to their progressive rule, and tells you all you need to know about their priorities and posture as they lose their grip on power, this was of a piece with the Soviet show trial-style January 6th Committee that recently reached its unceremonious conclusion, the primary purpose of which was never to unearth truth or hold people to account, but to politically persecute political foes declared guilty at the outset while the Biden Justice Department does the Democrats' legal bidding in criminalizing its political opponents.

– Benjamin Weingarten

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Rather than giving tens of billions of dollars to the IRS to harass and persecute American taxpayers, I think we should abolish the IRS and instead adopt a simple flat tax.

– Ted Cruz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

A lot of these governments don't care about human rights, they are unelected governments that persecute their citizens in their countries. There is no real rule of law and democracy when it comes to deportations of Uyghurs.

– Maya Wang

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Nobody was angry, we were just like, We want to worship. We want to declare a blessing over the state of California. When they persecute and discriminate, we bless. We want to release hope and we want to unify the sound of Bethel Church.

– Sean Feucht

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

CLICK HERE FOR MORE FAITH STORIES Jehovahs Witnesses are Christians, too, so I dont quite understand why persecute Jehovahs Witnesses.

– Vladimir Putins

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The reason China has such a focus is they're kind of exploring the limits of new systems of how President Trump persecute a religious minority. But we've got persecution in 80 % of the global population.

– Sam Brownback

Found on CNN
4 years ago

It is a great injustice to persecute homosexuality as a crime, and cruelty too.

– Sigmund Freud

added by Normando
5 years ago

It determines not only that state terrorism in Argentina was an criminal conspiracy but that it was coordinated with other dictatorships, they got together to maximize efforts to persecute political opponents of each of the dictatorships, and to 'disappear' or eliminate those who were considered subversive.

– Luz Palmas Zaldua

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

This is way beyond the pale, this is basically a call to persecute a religious minority based on nothing other than their faith.

– Ibrahim Hooper

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I want British Muslims to know we will back them to stand against those who spread hate and to counter the narrative which says Muslims do not feel British, i want police to take more action against those who persecute others simply because of their religion.

– Prime Minister David Cameron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We believe he ordered his troops to attack, pillage, rape, persecute and kill civilians belonging to Lendu, Ngiti and other ethnic groups, we believe he recruited hundreds of children into the UPC (Union of Congolese Patriots) and used them to kill and to die in the fighting; and girl soldiers to be routinely raped.

– Fatou Bensouda

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

People have tried to stick this label on us, even people who use criminal law to persecute people of nontraditional orientation. Some U.S. states make it a crime, and though as far as I know these laws are not actually applied and the Supreme Court has suspended them, but they are nevertheless still on the books. We have no criminal penalties.

– President Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
9 years ago

If they start to persecute them, then everything that makes Hong Kong special goes away, they are looking for scapegoats because they have mishandled this so badly.

– Mark Simon

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

– Jesus Christ

added by anonymous
9 years ago

The danger facing American Jews today is not that Christians want to persecute them but that Christians want to marry them.

– Irving Kristol

added by anonymous
10 years ago

In doing good, we are generally cold, and languid, and sluggish; and of all things afraid of being too much in the right. But the works of malice and injustice are quite in another style. They are finished with a bold, masterly hand; touched as they are with the spirit of those vehement passions that call forth all our energies, whenever we oppress and persecute.

– Edmund Burke

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Whosoever does not persecute them that persecute him; whosoever takes an offence in silence; he who does good because of love; he who is cheerful under his sufferings -- these are the friends of God, and of them the Scripture says: "They shall shine forth like the sun at noontide."

– The Talmud

added by acronimous
12 years ago

Universities are of course hostile to geniuses, which, seeing and using ways of their own, discredit the routine as churches and monasteries persecute youthful saints.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Everyone, whether cardinal or scientist, who believes that his own truth is complete and final must become a dogmatist...The more sincere his faith, the more he is bound to persecute, to save others from falling into error.

– Joyce

added by anonymous
14 years ago

If you can impress any man with an absorbing conviction of the supreme importance of some moral or religious doctrine if you can make him believe that those who reject that doctrine are doomed to eternal perdition if you then give that man power, and by means of his ignorance blind him to the ulterior consequences of his own act,-he will infallibly persecute those who deny his doctrine.

– Henry Thomas Buckle

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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