#accusation

I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it. ↗

— Robert Emmet

#been #calumny #false #heaped #i

As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#against #also #boils #brought #character

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#ears #guilt #quick #very

Knowledge of God's Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution. ↗

— Edwin Louis Cole

#against #bulwark #deception #even #god

I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation. ↗

— Bob Costas

#athletes #competing #had #here #i

This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press? Bands themselves are never really responsible for all of that. That is something that happens to you when you sell millions of records. ↗

— Holly Johnson

#advertising #always #bands #bothers #column

A trial without witnesses, when it involves a criminal accusation, a criminal matter, is not a true trial. ↗

— Bill McCollum

#criminal #involves #matter #trial #true

Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics. ↗

— George Soros

#additional #called #false #i #now

Everybody has a right to be defended, and every lawyer has a duty to defend people accused. And my office is to defend him, to discuss the accusation point by point, as I think this is a normal step in a democracy. ↗

— Jacques Verges

#accused #defend #defended #democracy #discuss

In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent. ↗

— Criss Jami

#assumption #bias #blame #extroversion #extroverts