How To Use Persecute In A Sentence

What a paltering - what a childish paltering - unworthy of a schoolboy - is his solemn denial that the Pilgrims sailed for New England because they were persecuted.
There has been terrorism in the world, more or less nonstop, since twelfth-century Syria, when a persecuted Persian religious sect called the Assassins knifed people to death in crowds. The Fiddler in the Subway
The Puritans left England to escape being persecuted.
Some religious groups are persecuted in some countries
We see a dictator using force to repress and persecute his opponents.

When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly.
As no other person, She had the same feelings as Christ, unmurmuringly bearing the grief of a mother when She saw Her Son persecuted and suffering.
That inability to distinguish between free enquiry and deliberate insult reminds me of those who wielded the blasphemy laws which were used to persecute freethinkers and rationalists in the middle ages.
Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs.
The Puritans left England to escape being persecuted.
When injured, he immediately forgave, as he hoped to be forgiven, [1] and when reviled and persecuted, he never became 'persecutor'. The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838
People with paranoid disorders are often highly intelligent and can create complex scenarios about how and why they are being persecuted.
Artists guilty or suspected of formalism were persecuted and encouraged to make public recantations for their offences.
He took up the cause of persecuted and imprisoned writers across the globe, met world leaders and made fearless, contentious speeches. Times, Sunday Times
For many years this bird was persecuted by game preservers who believed that it was detrimental to both pheasants and partridges.
Protestors were executed, jailed or otherwise persecuted.
And thanks to the globalisation ofwww. jpost.com/servlet/Satellitethrough international ‘human rights’ law, Israel is now being persecuted through legal action for defending its own citizens against mass murder. The western front of the jihad against the Jews
She became aggressive and paranoid and was regularly admitted to mental hospitals, believing she was being persecuted and complaining of hearing voices.
Instantly classified as a demon, the stranger is harried, persecuted and all but executed by the superstitious islanders.
In the novel, written in 1946, genetically-advanced telepaths called ‘slans’ are persecuted by ordinary folks and targeted for death.
I suddenly realized that here I, like the tinkers of whom Della had been so suspicious, was part of a persecuted minority.
If Canadians wanted to persecute their wolves, there was no need to ship them south; Canis lupus is sufficiently under siege in the "great white north," with provincial governments scapegoating wolves for everything from the precipitous decline of mountain caribou to the near-extinction of the Vancouver Island marmot. Chris Genovali: The Death Cults Among Us
For the last few days, the weather had been tolerably cool, and we had not been much troubled with musquitoes; instead, however, we were persecuted severely by a very large greyish kind of horsefly, with a huge proboscis for sucking up the blood. Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1
But how is it possible that an all-loving Allah would want his believers to persecute 'blasphemers'? Welcome to Islam-Watch
Those that pray/prey on streetcorners, and those that think they are being persecuted if they cannot teach creation myths in science or have the school administrator endorse Christianity over the intercom are the ones that concern me. Fort sumter, brooklyn
Mock sentimentalists and fake humanitarians have walled their eyes to heaven in holy horror at the "barbarities" practiced by white men upon the "poor persecuted red man. Reminiscences of a Pioneer
And they have created a great little trap, that any criticism of them, however valid, is further proof of the plot that is out to get them and how persecuted they are. More From Jon Stewart's 'Fresh Air' Interview
But it was not solely the irregular Hutu extremist forces and the Mayi-Mayi that persecuted the civilian population.
The state religion was disendowed, persecuted, and abolished. The Promised Day Is Come
Artists guilty or suspected of formalism were persecuted and encouraged to make public recantations for their offences.
Why then are these messiahs of the modern era being persecuted?
His father was persecuted again when his son decided to enter a seminary. Times, Sunday Times
The bond was strengthened because individuals persecuted by the authorities could seek succor and solace from the Church.
Asylum will be given to people who are persecuted for their beliefs.
She claims she has been persecuted because of her religious beliefs.
The spray-painted art was considered an urban blight by New York officials, who persecuted the young artists who created it.
Human rights groups say Beijing is using terrorism as an excuse to persecute independence - leaning Muslim minorities.
On the other hand, as mentioned, The Taliban persecutes Shia so it would be Shia helping Sunni to kill Shia. Global Voices in English » Afganistan: Is Iran Supporting the Taliban?
The ISI has for decades held an almost mythical status in the Pakistani imagination as the hidden power behind events big and small, a force that both protects and persecutes. Pakistani General Under Fire
Nonetheless, after a generation or two, the movement withered away leaving few traces behind it (except for the German Lutheran cities of the north); and this occurred, not because the movement was persecuted out of existence, but because its principal sponsors, the independent-minded szlachta, abandoned it for a revived, populistic Catholicism as a result of the crisis of national survival produced by the mid-seventeenth-century Swedish invasion, the "Deluge. Poland's Past
Zephaniah is advanced, sooner than he expected, to this place of trust and power, and Shemaiah would have him think that Providence had preferred him that he might persecute God's prophets, that he had come to this government for such a time as this, and that he was unjust and ungrateful if he did not thus improve his power, or, rather, abuse it. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
--- What is the tane but a waefu 'bunch o' cauldrife professors and ministers, that sate bien and warm when the persecuted remnant were warstling wi 'hunger, and cauld, and fear of death, and danger of fire and sword upon wet brae-sides, peat-haggs, and flow-mosses, and that now creep out of their holes, like bluebottle flees in a blink of sunshine, to take the pu'pits and places of better folk The Heart of Mid-Lothian
The traders, already feeling persecuted by the new system, rose in revolt against proposed restrictions, citing increased costs at a time of reduced revenues.
Réjouissez-vous et soyez dans l'allégresse, parce que votre récompense est grande dans les cieux; car c'est ainsi qu'ils ont persécuté les prophètes qui ont été avant vous. Archive 2008-06-01
There hasn't been a time in modern history when gays haven't been persecuted.
Hypocrisy is at its worst; for we not only persecute bigotedly but sincerely in the name of the cure-mongering witchcraft we do believe in, but callously and hypocritically in the name of the Evangelical creed that our rulers privately smile at as the Italian patricians of the fifth century smiled at Jupiter and Venus. The Revolutionist’s Handbook
He was martyred after refusing to persecute Christians and became a patron saint of soldiers.
Jacinta is once again feeling rejected and persecuted when an unexpected turn in events brings about a happy denouement.
St. Honore, at Paris, sat a man ALONE — a man who has been maligned, a man who has been called a knave and charlatan, a man who has been persecuted even to the death, it is said, in Roman Roundabout Papers
From about 100 to 337, the Church in the Empire remained an illegal and persecuted sect.
Now, as Brown moves to expand that empire, he says he is feeling persecuted himself.
And willingness to die for a hallucination one experiences and which happens to reinforce a fraudulent claim made by people one used to persecute, is a third thing. Darwin's God
The Soviet Union persecuted thousands of members of the Greek Catholic Church - Ukraine's largest Catholic church - for supporting Ukrainian nationalists battling Soviet rule.
That is, when you are free and unpersecuted in your religion, and not forced to worship idols and renounce Islam, then your religion will be pure and free. A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihád' Showing that all the Wars of Mohammad Were Defensive; and that Aggressive War, or Compulsory Conversion, is not Allowed in The Koran - 1885
They confess that the cause why they persecuted their brother was his having dreamed; as if truly this ass an inexpiable offense; but if they are indignant at his dreams, why do they not rather wage war with God? Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness, sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
The first 13 years of the prophethood of Muhammad were at his hometown of Makkah, where he and his fellow Muslims were severely persecuted by the pagans of Makkah.
Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs.
Liege (or rather Tongres, for Liege was not then built) that she was spreading wide her tenets, unpersecuted and unrestrained, for she was too far removed from idolatry and imposture to be regarded. Olla Podrida
Afterwards I remained an unpersecuted heretic and never underwent any of these popular operations. A Padre in France
Maybe he saw himself as the persecuted Bard, the subject of one of his large canvases.
Deng, a former child slave who became a national swimming champion in Sudan, is also a champion of human rights, including the rights of his people, the South Sudanese, mostly Christians and animists -- or practitioners of native religions -- who he says have been slaughtered and persecuted in huge numbers since the 1950's. Heather Robinson: The Original Darfur
His latest film is about the experience of being persecuted for being gay.
Persecuted daily for being overweight and her freak-down-the-block-status, Gilman got though life via a series of reparative fantasies.
The intermingled sable and silver of the armed, "majestical" ghost link him with England's lost dark/fair consensus, and with its militant reemergence in the alliance of persecuted Catholics and Puritans under tolerationist Essex. 'The One and Only'
We should also be targeting the source of the problem: repressive governments which persecute their own citizens.
Courts, the media and the public have managed so far to turn back some of the zealous excesses of this government to persecute, harass and maroon our duskier citizens. Archive 2009-08-01
The tradition dates from at least the Middle Ages, when European churches afforded sanctuary to the persecuted.
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
Also the fsspx is being denied church access, persecuted and calumniated. “Jag skall träda fram till Guds altare”
Anyone persecuted for their ideas, race or religion is entitled to refugee status.
There was such a school at Damascus, whereinto Paul entered, to persecute. Leviathan
Q I feel quite persecuted by my family and friends. Get the Best out of the Rest of Your Life
Priests and parishioners are frequently persecuted, and live under constant surveillance and harassment, usually of the crudest and most unsophisticated form.
The persecuted bears do not die a quick and painless death. The Sun
The persecuted, bullied and misunderstood see a kindred spirit.
The intellectuals were persecuted for 40 years and now they are marginalised.
Throughout history religious minorities have been persecuted .
There's only one place in any large corporation where shop talk is banned, where rank means nothing and where the persecuted minority gather for regular support: The Smoking Room.
They rejected independence for Ukraine and began to persecute Ukrainian nationalists.
His father was persecuted again when his son decided to enter a seminary. Times, Sunday Times
The Jews - among other minorities - were persecuted by the Nazis.
Mr Weaver and his family have been persecuted by the authorities for their beliefs.
Around the world, the Jewish people were persecuted for centuries, and anti-Semitism in Europe culminated in an unprecedented Holocaust.
The problem with Barack Obama is that sometimes he lynches himself, not with the illusions of grandeur regarding legal prowess or being persecuted by The Left (or progressives) like Clarence Thomas (a beneficiary of affirmative action), but by believing that he is a race-neutral figure (because he is "biracial" -) and not openly challenging racists and racist socioeconomic/political systems. Question for Barack Obama: Do You Feel the Noose Tightening?
Harassment of religion will only tarnish the orthodox church's reputation, while steeling the resistance of persecuted faiths.
The persecuted Arians thought of themselves as making a last brave stand against irrationalist mystery-mongers (such as Augustine) and their rigid orthodoxies.
During Bulgaria's communist period, his followers were persecuted by the authorities.
It is true that there is evidence that some returnees have been persecuted for and convicted of war crimes despite being included in any amnesty or cleared by the authorities before return.
Thus he makes a jest of the everlasting gospel, that great truth which the chief priests hated and persecuted, and which Christ was now witnessing to and suffering for; and like men of no religion, who take a pleasure in bantering all religions, he ridicules both sides; and therefore Christ made him no reply. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John)
The new daimi [= o] s, carrying out the policy of their predecessors who had been taught by the Jesuits, but reversing its direction, began to persecute their Christian subjects, and to compel them to renounce their faith. The Religions of Japan From the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji
She persists in the belief/in believing that she is being persecuted.
It ought not be surprising at all, then, that whistleblowers get persecuted using all the insidious, ingenious, devious, and oppressive means dominators in our society can apply.
However, Galileo avoided open speculation about its possible infiniteness, as that question had been used to persecute Giordano Bruno.
They were persecuted for their faith.
Powell toured the northern enclaves of Iraq, the Kurdish areas of Iraq, and recalled the Kurds were the minority who were the most brutally persecuted by Saddam Hussein over a long period of time. CNN Transcript Sep 15, 2003
The flying-fishes live the most unhappy lives of all others, as they are persecuted in the water by the dolphins, bonitoes, and albicores, and when they endeavour to escape from their enemies in the water, by rising up in flight, they are assailed by ravenous fowls in the air, somewhat like our kites, which hover over the water in waiting for their appearance in the other element. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
For the post-Soviet KGB, which still occupied the same armada of buildings in historic central Moscow, there were no more ideological nonconformists to persecute.
He might still not have invited me to dinner, because I am not one of his persecuted sub-classes and so he might mistake me for one of those supposed "oligarchic" Jews. Even in a little thing
He wibbles on about how people used to be persecuted by the Church for saying things about God and the earth going round Uranus and what not.
He often expands that claim to encompass the entire United States, which is doomed, he believes, because gays reside in its midst unpersecuted. Lean Left » Blog Archive » Priorities
As a result, they repeatedly solicited papal bulls condemning Jansenist works, and persecuted priests who refused formally to accept the condemnations.
Christianity is now mild and rationalistic, ignoring the fact that all its so-called mildness and rationalism is due to the teaching of men who in their own day were persecuted by all orthodox Christians. The Necessity of Atheism
All nation-states, whatever their political ideology, have persecuted minorities in the past and many continue to do so today.
His reasons came from his China service, belief that Nixon was more right than the press&media that was out to hang him ever since he helped "persecute" Hiss and their Hollywood relatives. New light on the Nixon-Ford relationship.
I had not been persecuted by any abusers of authority.
Religious minorities were persecuted and massacred during the ten-year regime.
This in fact means to struggle in the way of God by striving to do good, and to fight against only those who persecute and not by attacking innocent civilians or bystanders.
Cela peut etre venu de ce qu'on les choisissoit entre les plus agez du Clergé pour les faire Evesques: car on ne voit pas qu'ils ayent esté plus persecutez que d'autres. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
This book, besides being dramatic history, is a moving chronicle of the sorrows and torments of the persecuted.
Prepared in the sense that a nation held hostage by dictatorship could possibly be freed, but only free for a brief moment in thought by North Korean citizens of the death of a man who symbolized a reign of control so frigid and strong, no assemblance of the persecuted could rise and retaliate? Missing Kim Jong Il raises health questions
Are they being persecuted on the grounds of race?
It is ludicrous to suggest they are being persecuted. The Sun
A RELIGIOUS fanatic feels persecuted, goes overseas to fight for his God and then returns home to attempt a bloody act of terrorism.
The king should perform sacrifices with such wealth as is willingly paid into his treasury by prosperous and unpersecuted subjects. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18
My job was not to persecute people for blasphemous advances of the sciences, or for heretical religious teachings.
We see a dictator using force to repress and persecute his opponents.
These writers knew that unless they practised a form of self-censorship, the authorities would persecute them.
Of course, Nero has been dead for ten years by the time of Enemies of Jupiter, but any other person in power who persecutes the Jews could be considered another * Beast*. Some Frequently Asked Questions addressed to Roman Mysteries author Caroline Lawrence
One of these is that millions of people around the world die or are severely persecuted for their beliefs.
The persecuted Arians thought of themselves as making a last brave stand against irrationalist mystery-mongers (such as Augustine) and their rigid orthodoxies.
He's kidding nobody, least of all his own persecuted people.
Sounds more as if the shopkeepers are the persecuted minority. Archive 2004-02-22
It is ludicrous to suggest they are being persecuted. The Sun
His movement hoped to be accepted as the near contemporary Franciscans were but was anathematised and fiercely persecuted.
For an information pariah who transparently persecutes his own people and threatens others, the presumption must be that his rhetoric, no matter how extreme, reflects his policy. Iran's Ahmadinejad, Information Pariah
Since society does not generally punish people for their illnesses, it followed that society should not persecute gays.
So Christ counsels us to "do good to them that hate you and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you" (Matthew 5: 44). Sali Spokesman Clarifies Remarks: My Boss Is Not A Bigot!
Different minorities who self-identify as persecuted do not necessarily approve of each other or share any common bond. Times, Sunday Times
In the original Hebrew text, the fourteenth chapter of Isaiah is not about a fallen angel, but about a fallen Babylonian king, who during his lifetime had persecuted the children of Israel. Think Progress » Red Cross financial aid Scott Brown voted to kill now assisting Massachusetts relief efforts in Haiti.
Witches were persecuted all over western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century as it was claimed that they had dealings with the Devil.
The Greek initials for Jesus Christ, God’s Son, Savior, spell out the word fish in Greek ichthus, and the fish is the oldest Christian symbol of Christ, used by the persecuted early Christians to identify themselves as believers. A Handbook of Symbols in Christian Art
Yet they were persecuted and locked up in flagrant disregard of their human rights.
So while, as the result of a vicious system of kingly and spiritual thraldom, the intellect of Spain was forced away from its legitimate channels of thought and action, under the shadow of the royal prerogative, which survived the genuine power of the older kings, art flourished and bloomed, unsuspected and unpersecuted by the coward jealousy of courtier and monk. Castilian Days
St. Alphonsus was so scrupulous about truth that when, in 1776, the regalist, Mgr. Filingeri, was made Archbishop of Naples, the Saint would not write to congratulate the new primate, even at the risk of making another powerful enemy for his persecuted Congregation, because he thought he could not honestly say he "was glad to hear of the appointment. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
'And do you call it fair to persecute, in this way, at the instigation of a proud aristocrat (he had already learned this slang sophistry), a young man, who is almost a stranger among you?' Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
Last week we witnessed two fine examples of the extent to which anti-smoking zealots will go in order to hound and persecute smokers.
Witches were persecuted all over western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century as it was claimed that they had dealings with the Devil.
His father was persecuted again when his son decided to enter a seminary. Times, Sunday Times
Palestine, from its hilly character, abounds in fissures and caves, affording shelter to the persecuted, as the fifty hid by Obadiah (1Ki 18: 4, 13) and Elijah (1Ki 19: 8, 13); and Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Hand of Death is set in 17th century China, the Ching dynasty era when Manchu occupiers persecuted the members of the Shaolin sect.
The persecuted bears do not die a quick and painless death. The Sun
Q I feel quite persecuted by my family and friends. Get the Best out of the Rest of Your Life
He despises the ignorant and the sinner as doomed to perdition, nay, he considers them as the enemies of God, and as such to be persecuted.
The word Miss Boyce is fond of is ‘evil’—she says Miss Warburton is being persecuted—her word again—by an evil presence, someone out to torment Amanda in a sadistic way. Naked Cruelty
Like many celebrities, she complained of being persecuted by the press.
There was no "working in tandem" between Harvard and the FBI, and no effort to "persecute" him by anyone at Harvard. 'Veritas' at Harvard: Another Exchange
Alaman was a moderate Republican, and, therefore, violently persecuted by the extremistic factions in 1834, and compelled to hide for a full year. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
Later, in Victorian times, birds of prey were persecuted by game keepers, by taxidermists and by egg collectors.
The republican party which is purportedly christian, should pick up the Bible and actually read it .... "love your enemies", Christ said, "pray for those who despitefully use you and persecute you". Hagel criticizes McCain over Iran comments
Under the centuries - long feudal serfdom, the Tibetan serfs were politically oppressed, economically exploited and frequently persecuted.
Congress, have portrayed her as a prisoner of conscience persecuted for her leftist views.
Through the simple expedient of standing bets for future racing authorities while they were still young enough to be foolish, he remained unpersecuted by them once they reached status and power; and the one sort of winner old crafty Marius could spot better even than horses was the colt heading for the boardroom. The Elvis Latte
Why are the terrorists called inauthentic Muslims when they kill in the name of Islam, but seen as persecuted Muslims when we respond? Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
Bacchae" was produced everywhere during the 1960s and 70s as American society saw the hippie and anti-war movements persecuted by various state, city and federal forces, including the murder of four students and the permanent crippling of an academic Dean by the National Guard at Kent State University. Archive 2006-05-01
Licinius became increasingly distrustful of him and suspicious of his own Christian subjects, whom he began to persecute.
So for instance a bigot who’s racist or homophobic and who’s told that his actions to discriminate are unacceptable goes on television and says that the people he/she’s trying to persecute is anti-religious … Think Progress » Three Years Ago Today, Bush Misled Us Into War
But those who contravene the racial laws are persecuted.
Nothing reflects the ludicrous, surrealistic quality of this halachic discourse more than the term mosser, which, like rodef, originated in the dark ages to meet the secret needs of a persecuted religious minority forced to defend itself, as best it could, in a hostile, alien world. 'Israel's Demons': An Exchange
I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; ... Cynthia Boaz: What if the Right was Right? A Reflection on the "Christian States of America."
Many have been harassed or persecuted in their own countries for political or religious reasons.
But most of the settlers were poor, working families, and they would devote themselves to quiet, prayerful unpersecuted lives, and of work hard to build new communities. What About Paris?
To be persecuted is not wholly a calamity, but to persecute is to do that for which Nature affords no compensation. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen
The removal of the cameras also engendered a feeling that drivers were no longer being persecuted. Times, Sunday Times
The state religion was disendowed, persecuted, and abolished.
Politically persecuted deportees are often arrested at the airport as they leave the plane to be subjected to renewed torture, or they simply ‘disappear’ without a trace.
And if he Goldsmith decides no prosecution, he'll be the the persecutee. Goldsmith Should Stand Aside from Cash for Honours Decision
Love your enemies, bless them that curse you , do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
Representatives of his religion burned and persecuted witches in years gone by.
It's a shrill, macho, fatuously self-righteous action movie about a wholesome superstar called Bo persecuted by paparazzi.
The Puritans left England to escape being persecuted.
Pursue me, persecute me no longer, but suffer me to abide by myself, till my fortitude is better strengthened to meet my destiny! ' Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
He was martyred after refusing to persecute Christians and became a patron saint of soldiers.
More spittle flying over the evil radio talker who persecutes poor tensk - it's getting very old. You know it's bad (Jack Bog's Blog)
We cannot forget that, persecuted by conquer-ing Brahmans, and expelled from India, it found, at last, a shelter in Ceylon where it still flourishes like the legendary aloe, which is said to blossom once in its lifetime and then to die, as the root is killed by the exuberance of blossom, and the seeds cannot produce anything but weeds. From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan
Throughout history religious minorities have been persecuted .
Over and over again, we were reminded of the necessity to “love thy neighbor as thyself,” and to “love thine enemy; pray for them who despitefully use you and persecute you.” Chicken Soup for the Soul: All in the Family
He believes himself unjustly persecuted and discriminated against.
But it was not solely the irregular Hutu extremist forces and the Mayi-Mayi that persecuted the civilian population.
I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you" [Matthew 4: 22]. John Morton: Am I My Brother's Keeper?
The removal of the cameras also engendered a feeling that drivers were no longer being persecuted. Times, Sunday Times
The Society of Friends bought the building for $20,500 from a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the governor who persecuted them in the 1650s. A Real Estate Idea Whose Time Has Come, Gone and Come Again
His preaching and presence will surely give immense encouragement to the persecuted Church. Times, Sunday Times
For generations (actually, for millenia) homosexuals have been persecuted both in democracies and nondemocracies ... Capitalism, Democracy, and Polygamy, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
The peaceful citizens of this State persecuted by the marauding mercenaries should not be forced to mount demonstration to get the state machinery moving.
Morton gazed at her with surprise; for although he well knew that the persecuted Presbyterians had in the preceding reigns sought refuge among dells and thickets, caves and cataracts, in spots the most extraordinary and secluded; although he had heard of the champions of the Covenant, who had long abidden beside Dobs-lien on the wild heights of Polmoodie, and others who had been concealed in the yet more terrific cavern called Old Mortality
Blessed were the meek, the persecuted, the reviled, for we would be exalted in the Kingdom of Heaven.
The Huguenots were French Protestants who had been persecuted for their faith.
Whether this is the legacy of some deep, culturally engrained identification with the underdog–scrappy Tom Paine and Paul Revere against that bully King George, perhaps–or merely cynical manipulation, even the demonstrably unoppressed and unpersecuted find it congenial to position themselves as victims. Battle Weary
Throughout history, people have been persecuted for their religious beliefs.
Furthermore, even if people can prove that they have been persecuted, they must also prove that the state connived in that persecution at high level.
Lone parents, disabled people and the long term unemployed are harried and persecuted.
Neruda repeatedly spoke for persecuted writers, including, or especially, those with whom he disagreed.
It's really easy to force people to react badly and "persecute" you for your "message" simply by being a jerk. "Well, there's something known as American conservatism, though it does not even call itself that."
Dresdner Bank became "Nazified" and was encouraged to persecute Jewish employees. The Guardian World News
What if the six women turned out to be persecuted human rights dissidents?
The first are their very own competition, the popular alternative media, especially that derided and persecuted medium, talkback.
Nay, it would show that Jesus has not saved the world, if we can go on and speak of him as an actual existence, born of a virgin and risen from the dead, and in his name persecute one another -- oppose the advance of science, deny freedom of thought, terrorize children and women with pictures of hell-fire and seek to establish a spiritual monopoly in the world, when the evidence in hand seems clearly to indicate that such a person never existed. The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth?
For hundreds of years, the Jews have been persecuted in many countries.
He took up the cause of persecuted and imprisoned writers across the globe, met world leaders and made fearless, contentious speeches. Times, Sunday Times

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