Quotes About Accusation

In order to accuse Him, they asked Him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" Matthew 12:10

If a man's reputation can be destroyed in an afternoon by a secret kangaroo court, then we, too, can one day be propelled into a pit of everlasting shame by the same process.

There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.

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.

If you request for a little time to fulfill a commitment, you're accused of being arrogant. I repeat, I've achieved nothing to be arrogant about.

I was afraid, though, the blame would find a way to stick to them. That's how blame was.

What? Are you on crack? I did no such thing.

The Queen had real power, and a woman in power, feared as virile, is often accused of being a slut.

How did you convince a whole town that their homegrown hero was a vicious rapist?

If you do not accuse each other, God will not accuse you. If you have no accuser you will enter heaven. What many people call sin is not sin I do many things to break down superstition, and I will break it down.

Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money—only for wanting to keep your own money.

Foolish men who accusea woman mindlessly—you cannot even seeyou cause what you abuse.

An indictment is not a conviction.

I want you to know that I am innocent - and that I will fight to clear my name.

We get accused of inauthenticity because we play the instruments we play.

I do sometimes accuse people of ignorance, but that is not intended to be an insult. I'm ignorant of lots of things. Ignorance is something that can be remedied by education.

they knew more than he thought they possibly could? Not that he could see how. As far as he was aware, nobody knew how much he had hated Iris Carmody – or why. But if they were to find out … Would he be arrested? And if he was, how could he possibly defend himself?

One evening in one of those Over-the-Rhine cafes which were plentiful along Vine Street of the Cincinnati of the nineties, a traveling salesman leaned across his stein of Moerlein's Extra Light and openly accused Ray Schmidt of being innocent.

Innocent until proven guilty," Williams stated. Decker smiled. Spoken like a true American with his ass against the wall.

Roiters said, "I always felt that the kid had blood on his hands.

We disapprove of state education. Than the socialists say that we are opposed to any education. We object to a state religion. Than the socialists say that we don't want an religion at all. We object to a state-enforced equality. Than they say that we are against equality. And so on, and so on. It is as if the socialists were to accuse us of not wanting persons to eat because we do not want the state to raise grain.

Non, Céline n'est pas une marque de chaussures. C'est un écrivain français. Le héros de son plus célèbre roman s'appelle Bardamu et il fait le tour de la planète à la recherche d'un coupable. Il traverse la guerre, la misère, la maladie, il va en Afrique, en Amérique, et il ne trouve jamais le responsable de notre désolation. Le livre est sorti en 1932 et cinq ans plus tard, Céline se trouvait un bouc émissaire : les juifs.

To reproach Hitchcock for specializing in suspense is to accuse him of being the least boring of filmmakers; it is also tantamount to blaming a lover who instead of concentrating on his own pleasure insists on sharing it with his partner.

That's because the theme of the innocent man being accused, I feel, provides the audience with a greater sense of danger. It's easier for them to identify with him than with a guilty man on the run. I always take the audience into account.