Quotes About Accusation

it struck him as a brilliant accusation to make of anyone who was slightly (or hugely) different. It was the best rumor to start about anyone because it could never be proved or disproved.

Elliot told me that bigots could be "slippery" if you accused them outright.

This prevented Elaine from making up any stories about whomever I was seeing at the time, man or woman. Therefore, no one was falsely accused of shitting in the bed.

Frotters!" Herr Faber shouted. "Thieving frotters everywhere I turn!

Anyone who threatens the status quo, no matter how humane and sensible the reason, is usually accused of being a radical of the most extreme sort.

No wonder you've turned on me so savagely. I suspect that you are using me as a scapegoat for your own feelings of guilt.

In 2013, the Venezuelan government accused the opposition of hoarding toilet paper and causing a national shortage.

Anyone who takes his faith seriously and speaks in behalf of Christ and His kingdom will be accused of fanaticism at some point.

Moderation is part of faith, so those who accuse Muslim schools of fostering fanaticism should learn a bit more about Islam.

Nothing can be more hurtful to an honourable man than that he should be accused of bad faith

Most people believed in witches; the thornier question was whether an individual could reasonably be hanged on the testimony of her neighbours.

when Boniface says he had also heard that the king had stolen revenues from churches and monasteries,

Even his mother, his own mother, had once accused him of being a snob.

Thus it shall befall Him, who to worth in women over-trusting, Lets her will rule: restraint she will not brook; And left to herself, if evil thence ensue She first his weak indulgence will accuse.

Thou hadst: whom hast thou then or what to accuse, But Heav'ns free Love dealt equally to all? Be then his Love accurst, since love or hate, To me alike, it deals eternal woe. Nay

The Tempter ere th' Accuser of man-kind, To wreck on innocent frail man his loss Of that first Battel, and his flight to Hell: Yet

Whom hast thou then, or what, to accuse, but heaven's free love dealt equally t'all?

Thus they in mutual accusation spent The fruitless hours, but neither self—condemning; And of their vain contest' appeared no end. (The closing lines of Book Nine, which illuminates The Fall.)

truth, that he wasn't involved in the murder, but Virgil wasn't yet ready to label him nope. After a moment, Virgil said, "I'm going to hold you to that. Don't mess with Justin.

Did she tell you I set puppies on fire, too?" Vann asked. "She did not," I said. "It may have been implied.

That accusation is as irrelevant as it is true

Her great-great-great-great-great grandmother had been burned as a witch.

The word "apologetics" comes from the Greek word apologia. It referred to what defendants would do in a courtroom in response to any accusations made against them. They would try to provide a defense (an apologia) against the charges. The accused would try to literally "speak away" (apo—away, logia—speech) the accusation(s).

He who accuses another of being an evil person says so because he is afraid of him.