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Quotes About Accusation

Someone who is wrongfully accused needs to do their best to put it behind them and move on.
~ Jared Polis
My husband recalls that I named my attacker as Brett Kavanaugh.
~ Christine Blasey Ford
Indians are sometimes accused of being condescending toward Westerners and of being excessively preachy in their attitude toward other nations. That accusation is sometimes correct.
~ Gary Weiss
I didn't burn down anyone's house! I didn't. I wouldn't!" Maddie looked at Jacob. "You know I wouldn't. I didn't kill you when I had the chance!
~ Christina Dodd
The most frustrating and difficult part of such an accusation is that the writer has a column at his disposal, and the victim has no such platform from which to retaliate. One can only sit back in anger, and let the scandalmongers play the same old insistent tune on their pornograph.
~ Christine Jorgensen
It's often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven't been made.
~ Christopher Hitchens
Shylock repointed his twitching, accusatory digit at his daughter. "You do not say such things in my house. You—you—you—you—" "Run along, love, it appears that Papa's been stricken with an apoplexy of the second person.
~ Christopher Moore
It occurred to her that the world tells lies every day,—telling on the whole much more lies than truth,—but that the world has wisely agreed that the world shall not be accused of lying.
~ Trollope Anthony 1815-1882
Zawsze tak jest - je?li ci sie nie powiedzie, szukasz kogo?, aby oskar?aj?c go, usprawiedliwi? w?asne niedo??stwo.
~ Umberto Eco
If you accuse a man of murder, you might be believed, but if you accuse him of eating children for lunch and dinner like Gilles de Rais, no one will take you seriously.
~ Umberto Eco
No one believes their misfortunes are attributable to any shortcomings of their own; that is why they must find a culprit.
~ Umberto Eco
Poichè nessuno pensa che le sue sventure possano essere attribuite a una sua pochezza, ecco che dovrà individuare un colpevole.
~ Umberto Eco
traición. Y es que siempre pasa lo mismo, cuando fracasas en algo, buscas siempre alguien a quien acusar de tu incapacidad. Pero qué traición, me decía, es que no sabéis cómo se combate, pues anda que hacer la revolución…
~ Umberto Eco
Badate bene che oggi per controbattere un'accusa non è necessario provare il contrario, basta delegittimare l'accusatore.
~ Umberto Eco
Elsa was condemned as either a liar or a loose woman or both.
~ Kristin Hannah
I go to the rail and shout after her as she descends the stairs, "But that Mrs. Shinn called me a whore! In front of everybody!" She pauses on the middle steps and looks up at me. "Perhaps, Miss Faber, it is because you continually act like one!
~ L.A. Meyer
Those who are unjustly accused, and causelessly ill-treated know what tremendous strength is necessary to keep silence to God.
~ L.B. Cowman
Will pointed a finger accusingly in their direction. "You're ganging up on me. Is this how it's going to be from now on? I'll be the odd man out? Dear God, I'll have to befriend Jessamine." "Jessamine can't stand you," Jem pointed out. "Henry, then." "Henry will set you on fire.
~ Cassandra Clare
Sebastian) "See, there you go. You're always looking at me like that." "Like what?" "Like I burn down animal shelters for fun and light my cigarettes with orphans.
~ Cassandra Clare
Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.
~ Cat Stevens
Who," coughed Zvonok, "do you think broke your favorite teacup last fall? The one with the cherries on the handle?" "I was careless, Comrade Zvonok. I left the window open and a storm blew through." "Incorrect! I broke it because you left me no cream and no dry biscuits, and when your old boots wore through, you burned them up for heat instead of giving them to me!" "Hear, hear!" the table erupted in approval once more. "Well done, well done!" "I'm surely very sorry--" "So is your teacup.
~ Catherynne M. Valente
La tartaruga lunghissima nelle sue operazioni ha lunghissima vita. Così tutto è proporzionato nella natura, e la pigrizia della tartaruga di cui si potrebbe accusar la natura non è veramente pigrizia assoluta cioè considerata nella tartaruga ma rispettiva.
~ Giacomo Leopardi
in un paese civile, chi sia accusato di qualcosa non deve provare niente.
~ Gianrico Carofiglio
Apart from the Punic Wars, I've been blamed for just about everything.
~ Giulio Andreotti