A Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

I do believe that ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.

Mahatma Gandhi

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Believe Blood Ideas Martyrs Quickly Ripen

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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian - Leader
October 2, 1869 - January 30, 1948

Ideas grow quickly when watered with the blood of martyrs.

Giuseppe Mazzini

Look rather at the teachings of history, true history, not the history written by Party hacks: genuine democracy, the only valid democracy, is nourished with the blood of martyrs and with the blood of tyrants.

Wei Jingsheng

Martyrs, martyrs, martyrs,... we want a million martyrs to march on Jerusalem.

Yasser Arafat

My blood is no different from that of other martyrs.

Mir-Hossein Mousavi

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

Tertullian

In the blood of the martyrs to intolerance are the seeds of unbelief

Walter Lippmann

I believe Michael [Jackson] in a sense is an American martyr. Martyrs are persecuted and Michael was persecuted. Michael was innocent and martyrs are innocent. If you go on YouTube and watch interviews with Michael, you don't see a crack in the facade. There's this purity and this innocence that continued [throughout his life].

David LaChapelle

Prison, blood, death, create enthusiasts and martyrs, and bring forth courage and desperate resolution.

Napoleon Bonaparte

Bad thoughts quickly ripen into bad actions.

Beilby Porteus

The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number.

Charles Caleb Colton

Venerate the martyrs, praise, love, proclaim, honor them. But worship the God of the martyrs.

Saint Augustine

If you can't fully believe in your ideas, it very quickly communicates to a group of actors who need something to hold onto. They need to believe that whatever criticism, whatever comment is received, is meant.