Quotes / The Butcher

He keeps hackin' and wackin' and smackin'
He keeps hackin' and wackin' and smackin'
He keeps hackin' and wackin' and smackin'
He just hacks, wacks, choppin' that meat!

— Roy Brown, Butcher Pete

I built a pillar over against his city gate, and I flayed all the chief men who had revolted, and I covered the pillar with their skins; some I walled up within the pillar, some I impaled upon the pillar on stakes, and others I bound to stakes round the about the pillar; many within the border of my own land I flayed, and I spread their skins upon the walls; and I cut off the limbs of the officers, of the royal officers who had rebelled.

— Ashurnasirpal of Assyria

According to Wikipedia, there are at least five people who have been graced with that nickname (and, side note, sucks to be your region if it merits that kind of Wikipedia disambiguation page); two of them are in jail for war crimes and three are dead, one of whom was subjected to some extreme measures to make sure he stayed that way.

—The Comics Curmudgeon' on "The Butcher of the Balkans"

"They don't call him Butcher Caldwell because of his charm."

— Doc Holliday, Atomic Robo

Rahm Tak: They call you the Butcher of Yosemite! I'll show you who the butcher is! I AM THE BUTCHER! THE BUTCHER OF— [aside] Where are we?
VC Soldier: Tulsa, sir.
Rahm Tak: I AM THE BUTCHER OF TULSA!

— Defiance

Have you ever been to Kiev? The Cakemaker of Kiev could whoop all our asses! This is the butcher.

— Hardison, Leverage

When I'm through with these vermin, they'll be fit for a pie.

— Pudge the Butcher, Dota 2

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