Hugh Thompson, Jr. (1943–2006) United States helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War
In a 2004 interview with 60 minutes. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/national/07thompson.html <br class="br">Attributed
Wafa Sultan, in: " Wafa Sultan's message to America http://www.examiner.com/article/wafa-sultan-s-message-to-america" at examiner.com, November 2, 2009 <br class="br">Context: I receive death threats on a daily basis. I'm a well-known writer in the Arab world. My writings expose me to millions of devout Muslims who have nothing positive to prove but the sheer cruelty of their teachings. Islam has deprived them of their intellectual ability to face criticism with an effective and acceptable way.
Hugh Thompson, Jr. (1943–2006) United States helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War
In a 2004 interview with 60 minutes. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/07/national/07thompson.html <br class="br">Attributed
Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994) Hasidic rabbi
As quoted in Joseph Telushkin's Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History
“It is only possible to live happily ever after on a daily basis.”
Margaret Wander Bonanno (1950) American writer
“Our soul needs to be fed on a daily basis too, as much as the body and the mind.”
Brunello Cucinelli (1953) Italian entrepreneur and philanthropist
Source: Samuel Hine, Brunello Cucinelli: the fashion designer who believes simple, communal meals feed the soul https://www.gq.com/story/how-to-find-your-best-diet/amp, GQ magazine, February 2020, p. 60
“Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it.”
Benazir Bhutto (1953–2007) 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan
"Journeying to democracy" in The Boston Globe (18 October 2007) http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/10/18/journeying_to_democracy/ <br class="br">Context: I fully understand the men behind Al Qaeda. They have tried to assassinate me twice before. The Pakistan Peoples Party and I represent everything they fear the most — moderation, democracy, equality for women, information, and technology. We represent the future of a modern Pakistan, a future that has no place in it for ignorance, intolerance, and terrorism.<br>The forces of moderation and democracy must, and will, prevail against extremism and dictatorship. I will not be intimidated. I will step out on the tarmac in Karachi not to complete a journey, but to begin one. Despite threats of death, I will not acquiesce to tyranny, but rather lead the fight against it.
Edith Stein (1891–1942) Jewish-German nun, theologian and philosopher
Letter to Pope Pius XI (1933) as translated in Inside the Vatican (2003), p. 27
Context: As a child of the Jewish people who, by the grace of God, for the past eleven years has also been a child of the Catholic Church, I dare to speak to the Father of Christianity about that which oppresses millions of Germans. For weeks we have seen deeds perpetrated in Germany which mock any sense of justice and humanity, not to mention love of neighbor. For years the leaders of National Socialism have been preaching hatred of the Jews. But the responsibility must fall, after all, on those who brought them to this point and it also falls on those who keep silent in the face of such happenings.
Everything that happened and continues to happen on a daily basis originates with a government that calls itself "Christian." For weeks not only Jews but also thousands of faithful Catholics in Germany, and, I believe, all over the world, have been waiting and hoping for the Church of Christ to raise its voice to put a stop to this abuse of Christ’s name.
Charles Foster Johnson (1953) American musician
January 9, 2010 http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/35551_Re-_Threats&only
Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist
Source: The Principles of Ethics (1897), Part I: The Data of Ethics, Ch. 8, The Sociological View
Tommy Robinson (1982) English right-wing activist
Tweet quoted in "Woolwich Beheading: EDL Leader Tommy Robinson Tweets Own Death Threats", Internation Business Times (23 May 2013) http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/tommy-robinson-edl-death-threats-woolwich-terrorism-470472 <br class="br">2013