Betrayal Quotes

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

You are a den of vipers and thieves ... by the eternal God, I will rout you out.

Men were never expected to be monogamous.

O, you anarchic scum, you cowardly murderers, you leeches upon honest labor, you midnight assassins!

Treason is a matter of dates.

… an enemy within the gates, doing more harm than good.

He [Henry Clay] is certainly the basest, meanest scoundrel that ever disgraces the image of God—nothing too mean or low for him to condescend to.

My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches, but I never believed it till now.

The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.

I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.

Don't wait for the good woman. She doesn't exist. There are women who can make you feel more with their bodies and their souls but these are the exact women who will turn the knife into you right in front of the crowd.

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Three people can keep a secret as long as two of them are dead.

Do not forget that a traitor within our ranks, known to us, can do more harm to the enemy than a loyal man can do good to us.

I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to help an institution. Great nations may fall in ruin before I would sell a friend to save them.

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.

Fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

Never trust anyone, Daniel, especially the people you admire. Those are the ones who will make you suffer the worst blows.

From here on there will be two kinds of men—traitors and patriots. I prefer to be associated with the latter.

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people in order to betray them.

The first and fiercest punishment ought to fall first on the traitor, second on the enemy. If I had but one bullet and I were faced by both an enemy and a traitor, I would let the traitor have it.

There are but two parties now—traitors and patriots.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.