There are personal betrayals. And there is high treason. It is **a stab in the very heart of the nation itself**. The act that overturns loyalty completely and threatens the entire fabric of society. An unforgivable crime in the eyes of nations. Throughout history. Many have paid the ultimate price. These quotes address the moral and historical weight of this grave act.
“An earnest conjuration from the King,As England was his faithful tributary,As love between them like the palm might flourish,As peace should still her wheaten garland wearAnd stand a comma 'tween their amities,And many such-like as's of great charge,That, on the view and knowing of these contents,Without debatement further, more or less,He should the bearers put to sudden death,Not shriving time allow'd.”
“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.”
