A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.

The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.

A prisoner in the Inquisition is never allowed to see the face of his accuser, or of the witnesses against him, but every method is taken by threats and tortures, to oblige him to accuse himself, and by that means corroborate their evidence.

A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger.

When the Christians, upon these occasions, received martyrdom, they were ornamented, and crowned with garlands of flowers; for which they, in heaven, received eternal crowns of glory.

Each of the seventeen tribunals during a long period burned annually, on an average, ten miserable beings!

Which prophecy of Christ we see wonderfully to be verified, insomuch that the whole course of the Church to this day may seem nothing else but a verifying of the said prophecy.

The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the pagan priests, who worshipped the sun, were greatly alarmed, and dreaded the loss of that influence they had hitherto maintained over the people's minds and properties.

A Protestant has seldom any mercy shown him, and a Jew, who turns Christian, is far from being secure.

Let each one of us say, 'I am an American. I intend to stay an American. I will do my best to wipe from my heart hate, rancor and political prejudice. I will sustain my government. And, through good days or bad, I will try to serve my country.'

I love you you were there for me you protected me and most of all you loved me. Wed fight scream and argue but under it all is a love. That only exists in a brother and a sister.

I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.

Anybody can write a film script 'cuz it has been reduced to a formula.

I always walk up the escalator on the Tube, and I live in a house with a lot of stairs, and that's good exercise, but you need more than that.

Silicon Valley tends to fall in love with the new new thing.

My husband hailed from Dagenham; he's an Essex boy. Me myself, I come from Derry City in the northwest of Ireland, so we love to get back.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

I believe we must protect Medicare's guaranteed benefit, and I will oppose any effort to dismantle Medicare and turn it into a voucher system.

I have always written. I was one of those kids who would always fill exercise books with girls and telepathic ponies.

The road to hell was paved with the bones of men who did not know when to quit fighting.

We're very needy people, you know.

Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.

Americans deserve to feel secure in their own lives, in their own middle-class aspirations, before you go to them and say, 'We're going to have to enforce navigable sea lanes in the South China Sea.'

You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.

The function of sociology, as of every science, is to reveal that which is hidden.

I've always been a strong feminist and felt that the image of models was detrimental to women. That whole thing really bothered me. I would think about quitting about once a week.

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants and poodles find many things obscure.

There are words bandied about that are being misused - words like 'socialism,' words like 'communism,' words like 'fascism.'

Just because a stock is down doesn't mean it's a great buy.

I think that the jazzy approach that I have is based on the way that I hear music and in the way I play a supporting role to the other people in the band.

I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.

I'm intelligent enough to survive happily and be compassionate. If I were too smart, I would realize all the ills of the world.

Gosh, I think faith is a wonderful thing. And I even think religion's a wonderful thing. I know a lot of people want to say, 'Religion's the only reason that man has had any trouble at all,' but you know what? World War I and World War II were not fought because of religious reasons.