Commit Quote by Grant Morrison

Treason is the highest crime of a civil nature of which a man can be guilty.

— Noah Webster

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.

— Thomas Francis Meagher

Disunion by force is treason.

— Andrew Jackson

We have legalized confiscation, consecrated sacrilege, and condoned high treason.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Treason seldom dwells with courage.

— Walter Scott

Treason implies responsibility for something, control over something, influence upon something, knowledge of something. Treason in our time is a proof of genius. Why,…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“The consequences of committing high treason, if you were a man of the extreme Right, were not unduly heavy, despite the law, and a…

— William L. Shirer

“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

High treason, when it is resistance to tyranny here below, has its origin in, and isfirst committed by, the powerthat makes and forever re-creates…

— Henry David Thoreau

Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the government, and…

— Thomas Jefferson

I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.

— Cato the Younger

Ah Franion, treason is loved of many, but the Traitor hated of all: unjust offences may for a time escape without danger, but never…

— Robert Greene