American indian Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.

— Miguel de Cervantes

“Democrats were being rounded up, sentenced by drumhead courts-martial (provost’s tribunals, they were called) and executed on the spot—laser, gunfire, some hangings.”

— Robert A. Heinlein

Butler is branded a felon, an outlaw, an enemy of Mankind, and so ordered that in the event of his capture, the officer in…

— Jefferson Davis

Mention not a halter in the house of him that was hanged.

— George Herbert

You say men ought to be hung for the way they are executing the law; I say the way it is being executed is…

— Abraham Lincoln

In them days, it was just still not illegal to kill an Indian. If you killed an Indian, you'd be very unfortunate if you…

— Leonard Peltier

The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“There is only one penalty for high treason: for a man, to be hanged, cut down alive and eviscerated, or for a woman, to…

— Hilary Mantel

“Death Notice, … “He was offended with his wife, and went and hanged himself.” 10 Jun 1817”

— Boston Recorder

Where killers get hung

— Sean Kingston

In the US the overwhelming majority of those executed are psychotic, alcoholic, drug addicted or mentally unstable. They frequently are raised in an impoverished…

— George Ryan