Treason Quotes

170 Treason quotes by 134 unique authors

Know my name is lost, By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit; Yet am I noble as the adversary I come to cope. — William Shakespeare
The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries. — Thomas Jefferson
No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
He [Caesar] loved the treason, but hated the traitor. — Plutarch
Who shall dispute what the Reviewers say? Their word's sufficient; and to ask a reason, In such a state as theirs, is downright treason. — Charles Churchill
The man who pauses on the paths of treason, Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him. — Aaron Hill
To break training without permission is an act of treason. — John Heisman
We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit. — Carl Schurz
A millennial belief in a Holy God may have the effect of deepening the soul, but it is also obviously archaic, and modern influences would… — Saul Bellow
I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that… — Stephen Fry
Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls. — Edward Coke
Cynicism is intellectual treason. — Norman Cousins
The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
If this be treason, make the most of it! — Patrick Henry
A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally… — Kurt Huber
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. — Samuel Johnson
The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils. — William Shakespeare
The people of our state will no longer tolerate advocates of treason. — George Smathers
There is not, in the Constitution, a syllable that implies that persons, born within the territorial limits of the United States, have allegiance imposed upon… — Lysander Spooner
I'm not saying that President Obama should be exempt from criticism, nor do I believe it is some act of racial treason for a black… — Cornel West

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