(11 quotes found)
“Earl of Sandwhich . . .You shall either die of the pox or on the gallowsJohn Wilkes . . . That sir depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics”
John Wilkes
“If we were brought to trial for the crimes we have committed against ourselves, few would escape the gallows”
Paul Eldridge
“All criminals turn preachers under the gallows.”
Proverb
“He hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is perfect gallows.”
William Shakespeare
“Elevator to the Gallows.”
Miles Davis
“So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.”
Bible
“In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.”
Edmund Burke
“It is better to confess under the gallows, then not at all”
Dutch Proverb
“And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.”
“suggested he would not favor sending even Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin or Idi Amin to the gallows.”
Jerry Kilgore
