Asma Jahangir

I am certainly not a martyr kind of a person. I love my life. But if one has to, then there is nothing more nobler a cause that I can think of.

Pakistani Activist

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death.

Russian Novelist

Albert Camus

Martyrs, my friend, have to choose between being forgotten, mocked or used. As for being understood - never.

French Philosopher

Soren Kierkegaard

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

Danish Philosopher

Saint Augustine

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

Saint

Aleister Crowley

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

English Critic

Napoleon Bonaparte

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

French Statesman

Tertullian

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

Roman Author

Ernestine Rose

Why should women not be a martyr for her cause?

American Activist

Muqtada al Sadr

I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.

Iraqi Clergyman

Usually refers to early Christians in history who died for their religion.

Historical Context

Being a martyr is often considered an honor in many religions.

Religious Honor

In some cultures, the term martyr has a very strong emotional and patriotic resonance.

Cultural Nuance

Can imply someone died in struggles like protests or wars against oppression.

Political Conflict

Activists often become known as martyrs posthumously, symbolizing their cause.

Activist Recognition

Negative connotation, suggesting someone is seeking attention by overacting suffering.

Insincere Suffering

Used to describe people who want others to feel sorry for them unnecessarily.

Seeking Sympathy

The act is seen as a final, irreversible sacrifice for a belief.

Extreme Sacrifice

The term implies that the subject faced violent death, not a natural one.

Violence Implication

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 doesn't weaken my memory's ability whatsoever. Likewise, suffering through the mental pain and insisting on coming up with his name on my own doesn't make my memory stronger or come with any trophies for doing so. You don't have to be a memory martyr.

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 and it tells the truth. He can navigate traffic in the age of autonomous vehicles. You know, people say "the talk," like the thing happens just once, like my memory's been erased and my internet is broken, like I can't read today's martyred name,

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 invest in joy. Make the intention to actively invest in this thing called joy every day. Almost like a workout. You have to commit to it. It has to be a discipline. Build and flex that muscle. The world does not need more masochists or martyrs.

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 November 1st was designated All Saints Day to honor martyrs and the deceased faithful both of these holidays had to do with the afterlife and about survival after death it was a calculated move on the part of the church to bring more

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 cells had multiplied along with the cancer was a little miracle and Margaret as the mother who had given up her life so that her child could live was a martyr even if that story was a fiction or at least an elysian because Margaret

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 violence another artist came painted blood protesters being run over by the tank demonstrators and the message that read starting tomorrow I wear the new face the face of every martyr I exist authority comes paints the worldwide

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 Farhad offered up her son instead mrs. for hot insist she raised her son from the time he was a boy to die in early death she even went so far as to help him enshrine his legacy by appearing in his martyr video these

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 massoud had laid the ground for afghan peace before becoming its modern martyr on behalf of the people he fought for i just want to come here the last moment