Most libels, and I have taken about 30 actions, take place at election time. It has not stuck because I am prepared… — Lee Kuan Yew 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
The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
I've made a lot of enemies in all the right places, and there aren't enough hours in the day to respond to… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
“If, to expose the fraud and imposition of monarchy ... to promote universal peace, civilization, and commerce, and to break the chains… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength,… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
“All slander, and most gossip, are cancerous to truth - not just because of the way they spread - but because of… — 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
Journalists who make mistakes get sued for libel; historians who make mistakes get to publish a revised edition. — Bill Moyers 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
Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
An injurious lie is an uncommendable thing; and so, also, and in the same degree, is an injurious truth a fact that… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
People who are capable of such crimes against our nation [like destruction of 33,000 e-mails] are capable of anything. And so now… — Donald Trump 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 Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English. — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
Libel law was developed to protect the reputations of individuals, not corporations. — Simon Singh Copy Share Image
He that filches from me my good name robs me of that which enriches him and makes me poor indeed. — William Shakespeare 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
“The normative principle I am suggesting for the law is simply this: No action should be considered illicit or illegal unless it… — Murray N. Rothbard Copy Share Image
More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels. — John Selden Copy Share Image
As any editor will tell you, startling newsroom revelations are generally met with queries about where the information came from and how… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
“The Christian should never have to put others down in order to feel good about himself. Instead, he can simply check out… — Criss Jami 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 better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these… — James Payn Copy Share Image
