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It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The prophet and the martyr do not see the hooting throng. Their eyes are fixed on the eternities.

Benjamin Cardozo

They call that the Martyr of Biscayne.

Doug Meyer

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

John Barth

We consider Muslah a martyr.

Dr Kamal Hossain

The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has. Even when you make a tax form out on the level, you don't know when it's through if you are a crook or a martyr.

Will Rogers

Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.

Jim Elliot

I don't think that Dr. Kevorkian, by martyring himself, does anybody any good.

Jack Kevorkian

There's no other verdict but to come back with the death penalty. I know a lot of people ask me about him becoming a martyr ... let him become a martyr.

Abraham Scott

And therefore I tell you (and I pray God it be not laid to your charge) that I am the Martyr of the People.

King Charles I

I have great hopes for him and pray to God that he will finish what his father was unable to finish. Frankly, I hope that my son gets killed and becomes a martyr for the sake of God almighty.

Abu Jandal

Your language is pretty much that of a martyr.

Bob Simon

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

Abu Muhammad

He wanted to die here. He said he wanted to be a martyr (for Islam). It was quite clear that he wanted to go similar to a suicide bomber.

Chris Murray

MARTYR, n. One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.

Ambrose Bierce

The party is allowed to respond to the blood of a martyr.

Akif Zagros