"Garroter" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... whispered the garroter, and a few gathered around him. "We'll make a bee line for the dock and avoid 'em. Then, if we can't find a boat, we'll swim for it. It's the ...
— The Wreck of the Titan - or, Futility • Morgan Robertson
... corrosive as is the air of Washington on patriotism. How few resist its action! Among the few are Stanton, Chase (a passive patriot), Wadsworth, Dahlgren, and those grouping around Stanton; so is Welles; likewise Fox; but they are powerless. Washington is likewise the greatest garroter of truth; and I am sure that the truth about the last battles will ...
— Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 • Adam Gurowski |
