#treason

Not long ago, having expressed some disagreements in print with an old comrade of long standing, I was sent a response that he had published in an obscure newspaper. This riposte referred to my opinions as ‘racist.’ I would obviously scorn to deny such an allegation on my own behalf. I would, rather, prefer to repudiate it on behalf of my former friend. He had known me for many years and cooperated with me on numerous projects, and I am quite confident that he would never have as a collaborator anyone he suspected of racial prejudice. But it does remind me, and not for the first time, that quarrels on the left have a tendency to become miniature treason trials, replete with all kinds of denunciation. There's a general tendency—not by any means confined to radicals but in some way specially associated with them—to believe that once the lowest motive for a dissenting position has been found, it must in some way be the real one. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#edward-said #friendship #leftism #political-radicalism #race-card

There are only two ways to remove the president - if he violates the constitution or commits high treason. How could anyone accuse me of treason after I had terminated Israel's occupation of South Lebanon in 2000. ↗

— Emile Lahoud

#after #anyone #commits #constitution #could

Men will confess to treason, murder, arson, false teeth, or a wig. How many of them will own up to a lack of humor? ↗

— Frank Moore Colby

#false #how #humor #lack #many

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#american public #announce #criticism #morally #must

John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection. ↗

— John Sergeant Wise

#insurrection #john #john brown #murder #slaves

Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it Treason. ↗

— John Harington

#dare #doth #never #none #prosper

It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to lay down arms. ↗

— King Hassan II

#arms #contrary #cowardly #down #his

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

— T. S. Eliot

#greatest #last #reason #right #temptation

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#always #any #considered #deceiving #great

That we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. ↗

— Charlie Sheen

#american public #morally #only #president #public