“Morgan was sent copies and decided to sue both publishers for libel.” — David Cordingly Copy Share Image
A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Libel law was developed to protect the reputations of individuals, not corporations. — Simon Singh Copy Share Image
All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up. — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
no case of libel by a negro against a white would even reach a southern court. — Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings Copy Share Image
Given the state of libel law, whenever a public figure gets to face a jury, it is a victory. — Jonathan Lubell Copy Share Image
The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Ay - 'The Green Fool' business, the libel action over the head of it - did me a lot of damage. It… — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
The Latin proverb, homo homini lupus — man is a wolf to man—... is a libel on the wolf, which is a… — Geoffrey Gorer Copy Share Image
“With enough mental gymnastics, just about any fact can become misshapen in favor to one's confirmation bias.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Banning guns because of their misuse is like banning the First Amendment because one might libel or slander. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“Majority of people prefer a good name to a bad name, but to me, anyone can call me anything, as long as… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“If the original of any of your characters would win a libel case against you, you have failed to create a real… — John Braine Copy Share Image
“Propaganda is the evil twin of Fiction: while Fiction is the art of telling the truth without ever telling the truth, Propaganda… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It is a libel to suggest that children need rewards for attending to tasks, apart from intrinsic interest and satisfaction. Children work… — Frank Smith Copy Share Image
Thomas Jefferson despised newspapers, with considerable justification. They printed libels and slanders about him that persist to the present day. Yet he… — Wesley Pruden Copy Share Image
Feminism has tried to dismiss the femme fatale as a misogynist libel, a hoary cliche. But the femme fatale expresses woman's ancient… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
If he says that, if he wins, he's going to, you know, dismantle the libel laws and come after the newspapers, I… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to… — J. William Fulbright Copy Share Image
Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at… — Henry Anatole Grunwald Copy Share Image
Wart hogs should sue for libel. It is a terrible name and they are fine fellows and devoted family men and it… — Ilka Chase Copy Share Image
If I see any sort of injustice, I can fight like a dog. I'm not frightened to be outspoken and I can… — Rosamund Pike Copy Share Image
And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist: the publishers,… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“A rumor is a social cancer: it is difficult to contain and it rots the brains of the masses. However, the real… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“In a landmark ruling, New York Times v. Sullivan changed the standard for defamation and libel by requiring plaintiffs to prove malice--that… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the Church patently tried to profit from such incidents: the Benedictine monks of Norwich Cathedral in England, encouraged by their bishop,… — Diarmaid MacCulloch Copy Share Image
“The answer lies in a system of press management combining watertight legal controls with a compelling political ideology that encourages not just… — Cherian George Copy Share Image
“What looks to be the cleanest political party, for a period, will often prove to be the filthiest in the end. Just… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“ Tickler : I hate novelties. Is the prosecution mania about to subside, think you? Now-a-days, every word is said to be… — John Wilson Copy Share Image
... Wild Bill had his faults, grievous ones, perhaps ... He would get drunk, gamble, and indulge in the general licentiousness characteristic… — Jack Crawford Copy Share Image
To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you feel as though you've slandered yourself, but the joke's on them.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Every man knows that slavery is a curse. Whoever denies this, his lips libel his heart. — Theodore Dwight Weld Copy Share Image
