William Joyce
William Joyce
William Brooke Joyce, nicknamed Lord Haw-Haw, was an American-born Irish-British Fascist politician and Nazi propaganda broadcaster to the United Kingdom during World War II. He was convicted of one count of high treason in 1945, and was sentenced to death. The Court of Appeal and the House of Lords upheld his conviction. He was hanged at Wandsworth Prison by Albert Pierrepoint on 3 January 1946, making him the last person to be executed for treason in the United Kingdom. The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCriminal
Date of Birth24 April 1906
CountryUnited States of America
I've always liked getting away with just a little bit of what you're not supposed to. Like my first book, Billy's Booger, got me in trouble with the principal's office.
I did not win and in fact I was called into the principal's office for a consultation with my parents. But that was the beginning of my literary career.
Certain incidents, like the Taylor Coles murder, that was outrageous even to the lowest form of life out there, ... Unfortunately, it can take a tragedy like that to get people to rally behind the police.
There are lawyers here on Cape Cod who only want to take your money.
We see the industry in a consolidating mode,
I just took the idea that King Kong was too big for everything and reversed it and put George in a land of giants, which is basically what every kid goes through anyway - that, you know, the world is made for grownups, for tall people, for the giants.
I raised frogs every spring in our house from tadpoles and by end of summer our house was overrun with frogs.
I like stirring things up. I'm on the side of the kids more than I am on the adults. And occasionally I find some adults that have that same mischievous streak, so I don't get in too much trouble.
Recent volatility in raw material prices, however, makes first quarter forecasting difficult.
In death as in life, I defy the Jews who caused this last war [WW II], and I defy the powers of darkness which they represent. I am proud to die for my ideals, and I am sorry for the sons of Britain who have died without knowing why.
Almost everything in 'A Day With Wilbur Robinson' has some basis in truth. And yes, my sister did pay me to feed her grapes while she talked to her boyfriend on the phone.
Everyone's story matters.
Life is made up of danger and heartbreak, I laugh in the face of both!
But evil is a cunning force. It can find the weakness in any man, even the bravest. [...] It only takes a single weak moment to let evil in.