Treason Quotes
170 Treason quotes by 134 unique authors
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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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In other words, I’m against cheating, greed, cruelty, racism, imperialism, religious fundamentalism, treason, and the seemingly limitless capacity for hypocrisy shown by Bush and his…
— Viggo Mortensen
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If you maintain a consistent political position long enough, you'll eventually be accused of treason.
— Mort Sahl
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My grandfather was a member of Parliament for 40 years. Obviously we're talking here South Africa, a whites only parliament. I grew up in a…
— William Kentridge
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There's such divinity doth hedge a king. That treason doth but peep to what it would.
— William Shakespeare
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Sovereignty inheres in the right to issue money. And the American sovereignty belongs by right to the people, and their representatives in Congress have the…
— Ezra Pound
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The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors,…
— Alexander Hamilton
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The highest treason in the USA is to say Americans are not loved, no matter where they are, no matter what they are doing there.
— Kurt Vonnegut
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Corruption is knowing when something is not being done, knowing when the American people are being left unprotected and when you make a decision not…
— Robert Wright
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Only In America can a renowned and devoted terrorism supporter like Peter King be the arbiter of national security and treason.
— Glenn Greenwald
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Implications of treason are fed like cubes of sugar to the twelve-headed animal which is justice. In ... opening remarks. In the way questions are…
— E L Doctorow
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Treacherous people do not last only memories of their treason last.So will it last with emotions mixed, of love and hate for treacherous ones.
— Amit Abraham
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Oh, treacherous night thou lendest thy ready veil to every treason, and teeming mischief's beneath thy shade.
— Aaron Hill
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During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: Dissent is the highest form of patriotism. Now…
— Monica Crowley
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Gentle and giving-all the rest is treason.
— Kenneth Patchen
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No man is worthy of unlimited reliance-his treason, at best, only waits for sufficient temptation.
— H. L. Mencken
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The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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There is a mercy which is weakness, and even treason against the common good.
— George Eliot
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Disunion by force is treason.
— Andrew Jackson
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A woman is sometimes fugitive, irrational, indeterminable, illogical and contradictory. A great deal of forbearance ought to be shown her, and a good deal of…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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The fundamental purpose of a novel like Count Julian is to achieve the unity of object and means of representation, the fusion of treason as…
— Juan Goytisolo
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I found out about reviews early on. They're mostly written by sad men on bad afternoons. That's probably why I'm less angry than some writers,…
— Barry Hannah
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Call it peace or call it treason / call it love or call it reason / but I ain't marching anymore
— Phil Ochs
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All that serves labor serves the Nation. All ^ that harms labor is treason to America. No line can be drawn between these two. If…
— Abraham Lincoln
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We have sworn, and not lightly. This oath we will keep. We are threatened with many evils, and treason not least; but one thing is…
— J.R.R. Tolkien
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