The earl could have made Napoleon comfortable in a room…

“Sometimes a revolution turns into an actual government, or at the very least an actual way of life that contrasts with days past like…

— Kelsey Brickl

In France, the leader of Jacobinism perished on the guillotine; with us, the change of leadership was achieved by means of arrest and banishment.…

— Leon Trotsky

The old farm roads a four lane that leads to the mall, and our dreams are all guillotines waiting to fall.

— Ani DiFranco

Somewhere within the concept of justice, the worst of the guilty must always be removed. I cannot divorce this, not completely. The people must…

— Roseanne Barr

The guillotine was most effective and used until fairly recently.

— Herbert Lom

In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.

— Milan Kundera

“Idealists and reformers all become executioners in their turn. The road to utopia ends with the steps of the scaffold, the endless moment of…

— Grant Morrison

Ever since my childhood, I was haunted by the search for perfection. An imperfectly cut paper literally made me ill. I would guillotine it.

— Hans Arp

I feel really, really comfortable with chokes, with my guillotine, especially.

— Brandon Moreno

Why is it I feel a new nostalgia for the era of the guillotine?

— Dennis Cooper

Part of my platform is, of course, the guilty must be punished and that we no longer let our children see their guilty leaders…

— Roseanne Barr

“Terror, terror, terror. Life was a reign of terror, in the shadow of the guillotine.”

— Paulo Coelho

“Louis XVI--Louis Capet--was led to the guillotine in the Place de la Revolution by Santerre, the brewer. Louis stepped firmly and resolutely up the…

— Bernardine Kielty

Faith, like a guillotine. As heavy, as light.

— Franz Kafka

Forget the noose. Forget the Iron Maiden. Forget the electric chair or the guillotine. The mind was mankind's most painful torture chamber, the blessed…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo