Quotes About Character assassination

Slander is worse than cannibalism.

I know what they said even if they would not say it to my face. People love to talk. They love to slander you if you have any substance.

Hate-filled people easily believe and repeat slanderous lies about innocent men.

People might deserve a derogatory epithet, but it showed the mudslinger in just as bad a light.

by the general love of scandal and detraction in Dublin, one might reasonably imagine they were all to feed themselves through the holes which they had made in the characters of others.

I especially object to having my character assassinated by reference to events from my past which bear absolutely no relationship to the question of who the anthrax killer is.

Just to assassinate Michael Brown's character is wrong.

The fights are so vicious because the stakes are so small." Everybody here has got here by intense competition, moderated by character assassination.

Slander involves speaking false and malicious words about another person. The Bible repeatedly warns against such talk (e.g., Lev. 19:16; Titus 2:3) and commands us to "have nothing to do" with slanderers who refuse to repent (2 Tim. 3:3–5). We should be especially sobered by the fact that the Greek word diabolos, translated as "slanderer" or "accuser," is used thirty-four times in the Bible as a title for the devil, the world's chief slanderer.

Illiberal feminists turn simple ideological disagreements, whether about the federal budget or the Second Amendment or anything else, into excuses to engage in character assassination, dismissing their opponents as sexists.

But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.

Memorably, he said, "I had rather have live vermin on my back than the tongue of one of these Washington women on my reputation.

I don't like when people try to put a spin and have a second agenda to make a person look bad.

As far as anybody in the rap game ever tryin to assassinate my character, thats impossible. You talkin about a man who has always walked the walk and talked the talk.

for the rival candidate, an effort must be made to destroy his chance by establishing by dint of affirmation, repetition, and contagion that he is an arrant scoundrel, and that it is a matter of common knowledge that he has been guilty of several crimes.

Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country — and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.

Thrawn shrugged. "There are two ways to destroy a person, Jorj. Kill him, or ruin his reputation.

The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation.

If you hate a woman, the first thing you destroy is her reputation.

Smears, character assassination, and the scattering of irresponsible charges have no place in this nation. They create division, suspicion, and distrust among loyal Americans—just what the communists want—and hinder rather than aid the fight against communism.

Rumors are hard to prove, but they're even harder to disprove. We both know that character assassination is easy. All it takes is a suggestion. A well-placed word in someone's ear.

It is easy for people to sit behind their laptops and assassinate somebody's character.

From our schools and entertainment, to the media and government, we are witnessing the onslaught of repressive actions, including threats, censorship, and character assassination, and the demand for more of it. Marx would approve.

This was a mutual relationship, mutual on all levels, right from the way it started and all the way through. I don't accept that he had to completely desecrate my character.