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    O that a soldier so glorious, ever victorious in fight,
    Passed from a daylight of honor into the terrible night;
    Fell as the mighty archangel, ere the earth glowed in space,
    fell--
    Fell from the patriot's heaven down to the loyalist's hell!

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Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.

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Thou art a traitor.
Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear
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Thou art a traitor.
Off with his head! Now by Saint Paul I swear
I will not dine until I see the same.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Treason Quotes,
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Treason and murder ever kept together,
As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose,
Working so grossly in read more

Treason and murder ever kept together,
As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose,
Working so grossly in a natural cause
That admiration did not whoop at them;
But thou, 'gainst all proportion, didst bring in
Wonder to wait on treason and on murder;
And whatsoever cunning fiend it was
That wrought upon thee so preposterously
Hath got the voice in hell for excellence.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Treason Quotes,
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Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast read more

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!

by Joseph Addison Found in: Treason Quotes,
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Bad literature . . . is a form of treason.

Bad literature . . . is a form of treason.

by Joseph Brodsky Found in: Treason Quotes,
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Write on my gravestone: "Infidel, Traitor." --infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses read more

Write on my gravestone: "Infidel, Traitor." --infidel to every church that compromises with wrong; traitor to every government that oppresses the people.

by Wendell Phillips Found in: Treason Quotes,
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Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader.

Treason is like diamonds; there is nothing to be made by the small trader.

by Douglas Jerrold Found in: Treason Quotes,
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If this be treason, make the most of it!

If this be treason, make the most of it!

by Patrick Henry Found in: Treason Quotes,
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Tarquin and Caesar had each his Brutus--Charles the First, his
Cromwell--and George the Third--("Treason!" shouted the Speaker)
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Tarquin and Caesar had each his Brutus--Charles the First, his
Cromwell--and George the Third--("Treason!" shouted the Speaker)
may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most
of it.

by Patrick Henry Found in: Treason Quotes,
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