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It is the cause and not merely the death that makes the martyr.
It is the cause and not merely the death that makes the martyr.
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
A scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.
Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
Martyrdom does not end something, it only a beginning.
'Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?
'Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?
