... 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
In Britain, libel damages are small and people build them into the cost of doing business. In America, libel is very rare… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
The same law applies to me. Nobody has sued me for libel because I do not defame my enemies. — Lee Kuan Yew 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
“Indifferent to truth, willing to use police-state tactics and vulgar libels against inconvenient witnesses, hopeless on health care, and flippant and fast… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of… — Charles Evans Hughes 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
“Upon my tongues continual slanders ride, The which in every language I pronounce, Stuffing the ears of men with false reports.” — William Shakespeare 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
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
I shall make it my business to take my chances in the matter of libel suits. — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got… — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court. — Uri Geller Copy Share Image
“I take what Jennifer Lee reported (in her 1991 memoir ) with a grain of salt.” — Cecil Brown Copy Share Image
A year ago, six months ago, I thought that I was an artist. I no longer think about it, I am. Everything… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
The atheist, agnostic, or secularist ... should insist on the need to engage in a meaningful debate on the entire issue of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Saying someone is gay who is gay no longer constitutes defamation or slander or libel. You cannot defame someone by telling the… — Larry Kramer Copy Share Image
If when I am libelled I take no notice, the world believes the libel. If I sue, I have to pay about… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
Every libel, which is called famosus libellus, is made either against a private man, or against a public person. If it be… — Edward Coke Copy Share Image
I don't think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws - against libel, for instance. The idea… — Bill Keller Copy Share Image
There were moments when I wondered at the gossamer veil that stops licence from being libel. I suspect that taking on the… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
