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Gallows Quotes

I would rather die upon yonder gallows, than live in slavery.

I would rather die upon yonder gallows, than live in slavery.

Samuel Sharpe
Slavery, Gallows, Dies

Once you have the gallows, you'll find new reasons to hang people from it.

Orson Scott Card
People, Reason, Gallows
Orson Scott Card (2010). “Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.133, Macmillan

Perhaps our Congress will be Exalted on a high Gallows.

Abraham Clark
Gallows, Congress, Exalted

I say that Roger Casement Did what he had to do, He died upon the gallows But that is nothing new.

William Butler Yeats
Roger, Killing, Gallows
William Butler Yeats (1997). “The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition”, p.312, Simon and Schuster

Yet, like the sea and the gallows, London refuses nobody.

Peter Ackroyd
Sea, London, Gallows
Peter Ackroyd (2003). “London: The Biography”, Anchor

If you are an executioner, don't expect to have a friend closer than a gallows!

Mehmet Murat Ildan
Gallows, Executioners, Ifs

Swaraj is not meant for cowards, but for those who would mount smilingly to the gallows and refuse even to allow their eyes to be bandaged.

Mahatma Gandhi
Eye, Coward, Gallows
Mahatma Gandhi, Anand T. Hingorani, Ganga Anand Hingorani (1985). “The Encyclopaedia of Gandhian Thoughts”

I cannot in all conscience agree to anyone being sent to the gallows. God alone can take life because He alone gives it . . .

Mahatma Gandhi
Giving, Death Penalty, Gallows
"India must do away with the death penalty" by Seema Sengupta, www.theguardian.com. November 23, 2012.

Gallows humor is part of having a doctor in the house. Deal with it.

J.R. Ward
Doctors, House, Gallows
J.R. Ward (2008). “The Black Dagger Brotherhood: An Insider's Guide”, p.305, Penguin

A voice behind me asked, "Where is God? Where is He? Where can He be now?" and a voice within me answered: "Where? Here He is - He has been hanged here, on these gallows."

Elie Wiesel
Voice, Atheism, Gallows
Elie Wiesel (1985). “Night ; Dawn ; Day”, Jason Aronson

I made my own house be my gallows.

Dante Alighieri
House, Gallows, Made

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