Innocent Quotes

1253 Innocent quotes by 915 unique authors

What is the most innocent place in any country? Is it not the insane asylum? These people drift through life truly innocent, unable to see… — Arthur Miller
Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent. — Robert A. Heinlein
Having been blacklisted from working in television during the McCarthy era, I know the harm of government using private corporations to intrude into the lives… — Studs Terkel
For 12 long years I lived within the narrow-minded confines of the 'straightjacket world' created by my strong belief that Elijah Muhammad was a messenger… — Malcolm X
I shall never rest until I have undone the harm I did to so many well-meaning, innocent Negroes who through my own evangelistic zeal now… — Malcolm X
Better to kill an innocent by mistake than spare an enemy by mistake. — Pol Pot
I have issued instructions that while handling the situation in Upper Assam innocent civilians should not be harassed. — Sonia Gandhi
We don't see things as they are, we see them as we ... believe me naïve or innocent, who has the courage to treat me… — Anais Nin
Every woman while she would be ready to die of shame if surprised in the act of generation, nonetheless carries her pregnancy without a trace… — Arthur Schopenhauer
In too many cases, the moms, the dads, the sisters and brothers of children with cancer must stand by a hospital bed and watch helplessly… — Michael McCaul
Unfortunately, cancer is the number one killer of children in this country today, and it destroys not only these innocent victims, but their families as… — Michael McCaul
But I can tell you what I believe: When tens of thousands of innocent souls have perished in Darfur-when 11 million children are without health… — John F. Kerry
I can't tell you what art does and how it does it, but I know that often art has judged the judges, pleaded revenge to… — John Berger
I want to assure you that regardless of your circumstances, age, or sex, you can indeed start over, re-arousing from within yourself those earlier, more… — Seth Roberts
It is so basic. A human being is an innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows us to feel… — Ruth Bernhard
Sex is not a mechanical act that fails for lack of technique, and it is not a performance by the male for the audience of… — Garrison Keillor
Let go of hundreds of years and relax completely. Open your hands and walk, innocent. Thousands of words, myriad interpretations, are only to free you… — Shitou Xiqian
The favorite device of the devil, ancient and modern, is to force a human being into a more or less artificial class, accuse the class… — W. E. B. Du Bois
To confess a fault freely is the next thing to being innocent of it. — Publilius Syrus
Complete and accurate surveillance as a means of control is probably a practical impossibility. What is much more likely is a loss of privacy and… — Unknown Author
What is better adapted than the festive use of wine in the first place to test and in the second place to train the character… — Plato
Despite the courts efforts to fashion a death penalty scheme that is just, fair and reliable, the system is not working. Innocent people are being… — Unknown Author
I don't think there's any words in the English language to explain what it's -what it's like to- to sit on Texas death row and… — Unknown Author
The death penalty serves no one. It doesn't serve the victims. It doesn't serve prevention. It's truly all about retribution....There comes a time when you… — Jeanne Woodford
Pain forces even the innocent to lie. — Publilius Syrus

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