Attributed in The Cambridge Modern History (1907), ed. Adolphus William Ward et al., Vol. 10, p. 122
“[Translated]: The tree of liberty only grows when watered by the blood of tyrants.”
Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac (1755–1841) French politician, freemason, journalist, and one of the most notorious members of the National Convention …
L'arbre de la liberté ne croit qu'arrosé par le sang des tyrans.
Speech in the Convention Nationale, 1792.
“We have sacrificed much blood and many martyrs. Islam has sacrificed blood and martyrs.”
Ruhollah Khomeini (1902–1989) Religious leader, politician
Muhammad (570–632) Arabian religious leader and the founder of Islam
As quoted in Al-Jaami' al-Saghîr by Imam al-Suyuti, where it is declared a "weak Hadith".
Variant translations:
The ink of the scholar is holier than the blood of the martyr.
The Islamic Review, Vol. 22 (1934), p. 105, edited by Khwajah Kamal al-Din
The ink of scholars will be weighed in the scale with the blood of martyrs.
As quoted in Knowledge of God in Classical Sufism: Foundations of Islamic Mystical Theology (2004) by John Renard
Sunni Hadith
Viktor Schauberger (1885–1958) austrian philosopher and inventor
Implosion Magazine, No. 96, p. 4. (Callum Coats: Energy Evolution (2000))
Implosion Magazine
“The oppressed martyrs of our culture have shed blood that nourish the red tulips of our nation.”
Mahmud Tarzi (1865–1933) Afghan writer
An Afghan Intellect By Yama Atta & Hashmat Haidari http://www.afghanmagazine.com/articles/tarzi.html Link
Cheryl Strayed book Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Source: Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
“Books are flesh-and-blood ideas and cry out, silently, when put to the torch.”
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer
