They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Betrayal does so many different things to people.
I say, traitors; as some men live upon the reward of treachery, for their quiet and liberty; if it may be called a liberty, as it is redeemed with the betraying of the interest of Christ, and the blood of His people.
When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.
The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
A traitor is a betrayer - one who practices injury, while professing friendship. Benedict Arnold was a traitor, solely because, while professing friendship for the American cause, he attempted to injure it. An open enemy, however criminal in other respects, is no traitor.
When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.
One lives with so many bad deeds on one's conscience and some good intentions in one's heart.
If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.