Method of Torture or Execution
- Burned at the stake, a method of execution
- "Stake", a pole used to pierce the body in the process of impalement, a method of torture and execution
- "To stake", a method thought to destroy vampires
- Torture stake, a method of execution similar to crucifixion, tying the victim to a pole in lieu of a cross
Read more about this topic: Stake
Famous quotes containing the words method of, method, torture and/or execution:
“Direct action ... is the logical, consistent method of Anarchism.”
—Emma Goldman (1869–1940)
“I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.”
—Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885)
“The people who make wars, the people who reduce their fellows to slavery, the people who kill and torture and tell lies in the name of their sacred causes, the really evil people in a word—these are never the publicans and the sinners. No, they’re the virtuous, respectable men, who have the finest feelings, the best brains, the noblest ideals.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“Union of Religious Sentiments begets a surprising confidence and Ecclesiastical Establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption, all of which facilitate the Execution of Mischievous Projects.”
—James Madison (1751–1836)