Amir Kabir/persecution of B%C3%A1b%C3%ADs and Execution of The B%C3%A1b

Famous quotes containing the words kabir, persecution and/or execution:

    “When a sparrow sips in the river, the water doesn’t recede. Giving charity does not deplete wealth. Saint Kabir says so.”
    —Punjabi proverb, trans. by Gurinder Singh Mann.

    “... social evils are dangerously contagious. The fixed policy of persecution and injustice against a class of women who are weak and defenseless will be necessarily hurtful to the cause of all women.”
    —Fannie Barrier Williams (1855–1944)

    “If I were asked to chose between execution and life in prison I would, of course, chose the latter. It’s better to live somehow than not at all.”
    —Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)