Treason

Is there not some chosen curse,Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin?

— Treason

And now for all of us to do our duty! The clarion call is ringing in our ears and we cannot falter without being convicted of treason to ourselves and to our great cause. Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth.

— Treason

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

— Treason

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

— Treason

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

— Treason

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

— Treason

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

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Our job as Americans and as Republicans is to dislodge the traitors from every place where they've been sent to do their traitorous work.

— Treason

Hast thou betrayed my credulous innocenceWith vizor'd falsehood and base forgery?

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Oh, colder than the wind that freezes The trusting bosom, when betray'd.

— Treason

Oh, for a tongue to curse the slave And blasts them in their hour of might!

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If you maintain a consistent political position long enough, you will eventually be accused of treason.

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The man was noble,To the ensuing age abhorr'd.

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Though those that are betray'dStands in worse case of woe.

— Treason

I did pluck allegiance from men's hearts,Even in the presence of the crowned king.

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Treason is but trusted like the foxWill have a wild trick of his ancestors.

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Some guard these traitors to the block of death;Treason's true bed and yielder up of breath.

— Treason

Treason and murder ever kept together,That admiration did not hoop at them.

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Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep;And in his simple show he harbours treason.

— Treason

To say the truth, so Judas kiss'd his master,And cried "all hail!" whereas he meant all harm.

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Know, my name is lost;By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit.

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Tellest thou me of "ifs"? Thou art a traitor:Off with his head!

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Treason is a charge invented by winners as an excuse for hanging the losers.

— Treason

All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if the nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

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

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O that a soldier so glorious, ever victorious in fight,Fell from the patriot's heaven down to the loyalist's hell!

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With evil omens from the harbour sails And whistle in rude fury round his ears.

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

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Judas had given them the slip.

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

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For while the treason I detest,The traitor still I love.

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The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed;Than be true to Church and State while we are doubly false to God.

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He [Cæsar] loved the treason, but hated the traitor.

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