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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.

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This principle is old, but true as fate,
Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.

This principle is old, but true as fate,
Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.

by Thomas Dekker 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 the 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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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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Treason is not own'd when 'tis descried;
Successful crimes alone are justified.

Treason is not own'd when 'tis descried;
Successful crimes alone are justified.

by John Dryden Found in: Treason Quotes,
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The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed;
Man is more than Constitutions; better rot beneath the sod,
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The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed;
Man is more than Constitutions; better rot beneath the sod,
Than be true to Church and State while we are doubly false to
God.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Treason Quotes,
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Rebellion must be managed with many swords; treason to his
prince's person may be with one knife.

Rebellion must be managed with many swords; treason to his
prince's person may be with one knife.

by Thomas Fuller 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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The man who pauses on the paths of treason,
Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.

The man who pauses on the paths of treason,
Halts on a quicksand, the first step engulfs him.

by Aaron Hill Found in: Treason Quotes,
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Know my name is lost,
By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit;
Yet am I noble as the read more

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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Treason Quotes,
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