Samuel Butler Quotes

Who lies for you will lie against you.

The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.

Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.

Let no such man be trusted.

I know what it feels like to lie to people. I know what it feels like for people not to trust you.

Disloyalty in trusted servants is one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a public performer.

There's no trust, No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured, All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.

It should be known that Israel is based on treachery.

Well, you can't trust most people in this game, period; it can be a very shady business.

Betrayal... is my favorite subject.

What is a disloyal act? A person is disloyal if he treats you as a stranger when, in fact, he belongs to you as a friend or partner. Each of us is bound to some special others by the invisible fibers of loyalty.

The liar's punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

Fidelity - a virtue peculiar to those who are about to be betrayed.

The tongue may be employed about, and made to serve all the purposes of vice, in tempting and deceiving, in perjury and injustice.

Anyone who'd sell out a whole town wouldn't hesitate to double-cross one man.

A man who will traduce those who stood with him in battle is not worth much.

Trust makes way for treachery.

In trust I have found treason.

I wouldn't trust [Richard] Nixon from here to that phone.

All the enemies upon the face of the earth may roar and exert all their power to bring about my death, but they can accomplish nothing, unless some who are among us and enjoy our society, have been with us in our councils, participated in our confidence, taken us by the hand, called us brother, saluted us with a kiss, join with our enemies, turn our virtues into faults, and, by falsehood and deceit, stir up their wrath and indignation against us, and bring their united vengeance upon our heads.... We have a Judas in our midst.

As to you, sir, treacherous in private friendship and … a hypocrite in public life, the world will be puzzled to decide whether you are an apostate or an imposter, whether you have abandoned good principles, or whether you ever had any.

Betrayal is one of my biggest fears. Betrayal happens on many different levels all the time, and there is no worse feeling than realizing someone you thought you could trust has gone against you.

I don't like people going behind my back.

I detest those who deceive me.

Enemies' promises were made to be broken.