Accused Quotes · Page 8

I would rather be accused of breaking precedents than breaking promises.

— John F. Kennedy

How is justice served if the victim and the accused are working together to make it all go away? Somebody please explain…

— Jane Velez-Mitchell

To 'justify' means nothing else than to acquit of guilt him (her) who was accused as if his own innocence were confirmed.

— John Calvin

Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.

— Sophocles

I've often been accused by critics of being myself on-screen. But being oneself is more difficult than you'd suppose.

— Cary Grant

A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children.

— Jennifer Aniston

Jews have been circumcising their boys for thousands of years, and suddenly we are accused of tormenting our children.

— Charlotte Knobloch

I was the accuser, God the accused. My eyes were open and I was alone - terribly alone in a world without…

— Elie Wiesel

For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he…

— Anonymous

I'm finally going to be able to finally criticize [Hillary Clinton] without being accused of being a sexist - that idea. I'm…

— David Cross

The trouble with many religions, accused of wishful thinking, is that they are not wishful enough. They show a deplorable lack of…

— Alan Watts

I've been accused many times of not talking very much, but I guess I don't believe in talking things to death. You…

— Edward Whitacre, Jr

I think the adverb is a much-maligned part of speech. Its always accused of being oppressive, even tyrannical, when in fact its…

— Eleanor Catton

Everybody has a right to be defended, and every lawyer has a duty to defend people accused. And my office is to…

— Jacques Verges

Although men are accused of not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps few know their own strength. It is in men as…

— Jonathan Swift

Justice, though due to the accused, is due the accuser also. The concept of fairness cannot be strained till it is narrowed…

— Benjamin Cardozo

It took me a moment. I blinked, and suddenly it swam into focus and I had to frown very hard to keep…

— Jeff Lindsay

I am a Black revolutionary woman, and because of this i have been charged with and accused of every alleged crime in…

— Assata Shakur

In high fashion, we're always accused of doing things that are not very relevant, not the real world. I know that it's…

— Alber Elbaz

Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to…

— Dale Watson

If you are accused of being associated with terrorism, which could mean you are an Arab- American and you've sent e-mails to…

— Rand Paul

We have seen many other not just writers and intellectuals, but including writers and intellectuals in the Muslim world being attacked and…

— Salman Rushdie

I should be able to express moral views on social issues - especially those that have been the underpinning of Western civilization…

— Kirk Cameron

Fetishes are literally viewed as fake forms of attraction. The fetish concept is used to delegitimatize attraction to any and all bodies…

— Julia Serano

Today, the L.A. Times accused Arnold Schwarzenegger of groping six women. I'm telling ya, this guy is presidential material.

— Anonymous

I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.

— Marianne Faithfull

And if Bradley Manning really did as he is accused, he is a hero, an example to us all and one of…

— Julian Assange

Somebody accused us of hiring him and putting him there. He was a classic.

— George W. Bush

If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.

— I. F. Stone

I never did any of things I was accused of. It was a total fabrication.

— Kurt Busch

She accused me of wearing pants from the salvation army." "Rose, your pants ARE from the salvation army." "That's SO not the…

— Richelle Mead

I'm accused of cleverness as if it were a sin. She is merely clever, they say.

— Jennifer Stone

Being labeled as something you aren't can't ruin you. Being accused of something you didn't do can too.

— Anonymous

I'm sick of being accused of gold-digging. It just so happens I get turned on by liver spots.

— Anna Nicole Smith

I'm accused by many people of being the most serious man on television.

— Sebastian Gorka

I've been accused of every death except the casualty list of the World War.

— Al Capone

The Queen has been guillotined, accused of crimes beyond imagining. Last night she appeared to me in a dream, handing me her…

— Sandra Gulland

Rick Perry has now accused Mitt Romney of hiring illegal aliens to work on his hair.

— David Letterman

Every man of any education would rather be called a rascal, than accused of deficiency in the graces.

— Lyndon B. Johnson

I’m accused of having no morality, which is a fair assessment, because my morality is whatever the system allows

— Peter Woodcock