Quotes About Accusation

According to Irving a significant number of the members of this firm are "evidently Jewish." Judge Sedley, he suggested, might be acting on his "religious instincts" more than the dictates of the law.

She smiled darkly and shook her head. 'I'm not crazy. I'm not. Of course what else would a crazy person claim? That's the Kafkaesque genius of it all. If you're not crazy but people have told the world you are, then all your protests to the contrary just underscore their point. Do you see what I'm saying?

When people of color talk racism, Whites seem to interpret statements as a personal accusation, and rather than reach out to understand the content, respond in a defensive and protective posture. In many cases, even statements of racial facts/statistics such as definitions of racism, disparities in income and education, segregation of neighborhoods, hate crime figures, and so forth arouse defensiveness in many Whites.

When Whites feel wrongly accused, they may respond with anger and engage in a counterattack when a racial topic arises. It appears that anger in race talk stems from two sources: (1) feeling unfairly accused (defensiveness) and/or (2) being told their substance, stance, or position taken is wrong. When back talk occurs, many Whites may feel offended and perceive the allegations as a provocation or an attack that requires retaliation.

When trainees feel accused of being biased, they engage in self-protective behavior in the form of righteous indignation or innocent victimhood.

I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.

You accused me of murder. Do you make a habit of bringing schoolgirls into an interview room with murder suspects?' He waved his hand. 'Oh, I was only joking about that. I don't really think you murdered someone. Unless you did, in which case I reserve the right to say I knew it all along.

Do you think we'll be waiting long?" Valkyrie asked, keeping her voice low. "The last time we were in this building, we accused the Grand Mage of being a traitor," Skulduggery said. "Yes, I think we'll be waiting long.

You're under arrest for multiple counts of murder. You have the right to not much at all, really. Do you have anything to say in your defense?

I'm placing you under arrest for murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.

Hello, Davina. You're under arrest for multiple counts of murder. You have the right to not much at all, really. Do you have anything to say in your defence?

There's been criticism of some college codes of conduct for not giving the accused person a fair opportunity to be heard. That's one of the basic tenets of our system, as you know: everyone deserves a fair hearing.

Did Jameson tell you that I killed her?

The Rooney girl never even should have been there!" Sheffield exploded. "She was a criminal. Her parents? Criminals. Cousins, grandparents, aunts, and uncles? Criminals.

The way that the tragedy had been blamed, again and again, on Kaylie Rooney, when the three upstanding young men had been partying straight out of rehab.

Every man should be adjudged innocent until there was proof against him, and all the more when very suspect and malicious charges had already been thrown at him, and rang leaden as false coin.

In January 1898 Zola took an important part in the defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jew unjustly accused of selling military secrets to Germany.

Things were definitely going badly. The night looked like ending in disaster. In one corner of the room Maria Blond had started squabbling with Léa de Horn, whom she accused of sleeping with men who weren't really rich.

Lastly, I accuse the first court-martial of having violated the law by condemning an accused person on one document kept secret, and I accuse the second court-martial of having, in obedience to orders, covered this illegality by committing in its turn the judicial crime of knowingly acquitting a guilty person.

I accuse the three experts in handwriting, Sieurs Belhomme. Varinard and Couard, of having made lying and fraudulent reports, unless a medical inquiry should prove them to be suffering from diseased sight and judgment.

A French tribunal, after having allowed the reporter publicly to accuse a witness of every kind of error, decided to hear the case with closed doors when this witness was introduced to defend himself. I declare that this is one crime the more, and that this crime will rouse the universal conscience. Decidedly military tribunals have a peculiar idea of justice.

The one conclusion she had reached was that she was sure Nigel Nivens was innocent.

Dijiste que yo te había matado, ¡pues entonces persígueme! Las víctimas persiguen a sus asesinos.

Wasn't it so often the girl --no matter how young-- who got blamed for having incited her molester with a look?