History Quote by Raleigh Trevelyan

“Who could be interested in the fate of a murderer, but the hangman who would gain his fee?”

— Mary Shelley

“As the hangman’s wagon entered the paved square, the music broke off. Someone screamed, “Hey, hangman! Have you sharpened your sword? But perhaps you…

— Oliver Pötzsch

“The hangman, a friend of humanity--who would have thought it?”

— Oliver Pötzsch

“In the past I wanted to be hung. It was worth while being hung to be a hero, seeing that life was not really…

— Christopher Fry

“I tell you this—Robert was never the same after he put on that crown. Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them…

— George R.R. Martin

“And as he plucked his cursed steel away, Mark how the blood of Caesar followed it, As rushing out of doors, to be resolved…

— William Shakespeare

“I believe in hanging. Just so long as I'm not the one being hanged.”

— Truman Capote

“No doubt a majority of the duels fought have been for want of moral courage on the part of those engaged to decline.”

— Ulysses S. Grant

“And he had it all over Octavian, let me tell you. Hung like a Pegasus, he was.”

— Rob Thurman

“The one thing people loved more than an outlaw was seeing him punished.”

— Seth Grahame-Smith

“Some men are like swords, made for fighting. Hang them and they go to rust.”

— George R.R. Martin

“He and I were like bookends, fencing in this party that raged between up.”

— Aimee Agresti