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“There is no cruelty so inexorable and unrelenting as that which proceeds from a bigoted and presumptuous supposition of doing service to God. The victim of the fanatical persecutor will find that the stronger the motives he can urge for mercy are, the weaker will be his chance for obtaining it, for the merit of his destruction will be supposed to rise in value in proportion as it is effected at the expense of every feeling both of justice and of humanity.”

Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“death ... so seldom happens nowadays in the awesome quiet of a familiar chamber. Most of us die violently, thanks to the advance of science and warfare. If by chance we are meant to end life in our beds, we are whisked like pox victims to the nearest hospital, where we are kept as alone and unaware as possible of the approach of disintegration.”

Ifs Ends Happens Dies Chance Dying Bed Quiet Approach Victim Familiar Thanks Hospitals Warfare Chamber Disintegration Pox

Author:M. F. K. Fisher

“The broad mass of a nation will more easily fall victim to a big lie than a small one. The greater the lie, the greater chance that it will be believed. All epoch-making events have been produced not by the written, but the spoken word.”

Has Beens Bigs Lying Fall Nations Chance Greater Written Events Mass Victim Broads Epoch Spoken Word

Author:Adolf Hitler

“Leadership is helping other people grow and succeed. it is not just about you. It's all about them.... everyone deserves a chance.... you can never let yourself be a victim.”

People Helping Grows Chance Succeed Deserve Victim Helping Others Helping Other People

Author:Jack Welch

“Rory: "People are being serious." Jazza: "There's a serial killer out there. Of course people are being serious." Rory: "Yeah, but what are the chances?" Jazza: "I bet all of the victims thought that." Rory: "But still, what are the chances?" Jazza: "Well, I imagine they are several million to one." Jerome: "Not that high. You're only dealing with a small part of London. And while there might be a million or more people in that area, the Ripper is probably focusing on women, because all of the original victims were women. So halve that--" Jazza: "You really need another hobby.”

People Needs Wells Stills Might Courses Chance Millions Imagine Serious Areas Originals Victim Yeah London Killers Hobbies Serials Small Parts Serial Killer

Author:Maureen Johnson

“Unforgiveness denies the victim the possibility of parole and leaves them stuck in the prison of what was, incarcerating them in their trauma and relinquishing the chance to escape beyond the pain.”

Pain Chance Possibility Victim Prison Deny Trauma Stuck Parole Relinquishing

Book:Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven

Source: Let It Go: Forgive So You Can Be Forgiven

“Like computer viruses, successful mind viruses will tend to be hard for their victims to detect. If you are the victim of one, the chances are that you won't know it, and may even vigorously deny it.”

Ifs Knows Mind May Hard Chance Successful Atheism Computer Victim Deny Chances Are Viruses Computer Viruses

Book:A Devil's Chaplain

Source: A Devil's Chaplain

“I have always believed that women are not victims, we are agents of change, we are drivers of projects.”

Needs Fighting Chance Progress Victim Agents Drivers Makers Always Believe

Author:Hillary Clinton

“The conflict between what one is and who one is expected to be touches all of us. And sometimes, rather than reach for what one could be, we choose the comfort of the failed role, preferring to be the victim of circumstance, the person who didn't have a chance.”

Persons Sometimes Chance Roles Circumstances Comfort Conflict Victim Expected Victims Of Circumstance

Author:Merle Shain