The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods. It remains a perpetuated crime, can… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When the highwayman holds his gun to your head, you turn your valuables over to him. You 'consent' alright, but you do… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
“In medieval times, contrary to popular belief, most knights were bandits, mercenaries, lawless brigands, skinners, highwaymen, and thieves. The supposed chivalry of… — Tod Wodicka Copy Share Image
The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
This villainous heterogenous mass of ocean highwaymen are the very ejectment of the four quarters of the globe. — Peter Earle Copy Share Image
I have known some grim bells, with not a single joyous note in the whole peal, so forced to hurry for a… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The wind was a torrent of darkness among the gusty trees, The moon was a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas, The… — Alfred Noyes Copy Share Image
They are more properly ‘The Messengers of Satan to buffet us.’ No rulers are properly God’s ministers, but such as are ‘just,… — Jonathan Mayhew Copy Share Image
Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives. — John Gay Copy Share Image
The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
We who have lived before railways were made belong to another world. It was only yesterday, but what a gulf between now… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Taking a man's money without his consent, is also as much robbery, when it is done by millions of men, acting in… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
It's a family that's loaded with grudges and passion. We come from a long line of robbers and highwaymen in Italy, you… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
The rest of the journey passed uneventfully, if you consider it uneventful to ride fifteen miles on horseback through rough country at… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Are you not compelled to work for an employer? Your need compels you just as the highwayman’s gun. You must live …… — Alexander Berkman Copy Share Image
I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can Perhaps I may become a highwayman again Or I may simply… — Jimmy Webb Copy Share Image
Some men use no other means to acquire respect than by insisting on it; and it sometimes answers their purpose, as it… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
