| Napoleon |
| (French General, Politician and Emperor
(1804-14). 1769-1821) |
"Alexander,
Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded
empires; but what foundation did we
rest the creations of our genius? Upon
force. Jesus Christ founded an empire
upon love; and at this hour millions
of men would die for Him." |
|
| Mahatma Gandhi |
| Indian political leader (1869-1948) |
"A man who was completely innocent,
offered himself as a sacrifice for the
good of others, including his enemies,
and became the ransom of the world.
It was a perfect act." |
|
| Mother Teresa |
| (Albanian born Indian
Missionary and Founder of the Order
of the Missionaries of Charity. Nobel
Prize for Peace in 1979. 1910-1997) |
"I
believe in person to person. Every person
is Christ for me, and since there is
only one Jesus, that person is the one
person in the world at that moment." |
|
| Mikhail Gorbachev |
| (born 1931) |
"Jesus
was the first socialist, the first to
seek a better life for mankind." |
|
| H.G. Wells |
| British author (1866-1946) |
"I
am an historian, I am not a believer,
but I must confess as a historian that
this penniless preacher from Nazareth
is irrevocably the very center of history.
Jesus Christ is easily the most dominant
figure in all history." |
|
| Sholem Asch |
| Jewish author
(1880-1957) |
"Jesus
Christ is to me the outstanding personality
of all time, all history, both as Son
of God and as Son of Man. Everything
he ever said or did has value for us
today and that is something you can
say of no other man, dead or alive.
There is no easy middle ground to stroll
upon. You either accept Jesus or reject
him." |
|
| Malcolm Muggeridge |
| British journalist (1903-90) |
"In
his own lifetime Jesus made no impact
on history. This is something that I
cannot but regard as a special dispensation
on God's part, and, I like to think,
yet another example of the ironical
humour which informs so many of his
purposes. To me, it seems highly appropriate
that the most important figure in all
history should thus escape the notice
of memoirists, diarists, commentators,
all the tribe of chroniclers who even
then existed." |
|
| John Knox |
"No
one else holds or has held the place
in the heart of the world which Jesus
holds. Other gods have been as devoutly
worshipped; no other man has been so
devoutly loved." |
|
| Historian Kenneth Scott Latourette |
"As
the centuries pass, the evidence is
accumulating that, measured by His effect
on history, Jesus is the most influential
life ever lived on this planet." |
|
| Martin Luther King
Jr. |
| American civil rights leader (1929-68) |
"Jesus
Christ was an extremist for love, truth
and goodness." |
|
| Hans Küng |
| German theologian
(born 1928) |
"After
the fall of so many gods in this century,
this person, broken at the hands of
his opponents and constantly betrayed
through the ages by his adherents, is
obviously still for innumerable people
the most moving figure in the long history
of mankind." |
|
| Geza Vermes |
| author (born 1924) |
"An
unsurpassed master of the art of laying
bare the inmost core of spiritual truth." |
|
| Prince Phillip |
| (born 1921) |
"He
might be described as an underprivileged,
working-class victim of political and
religious persecution." |
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