Libel Quotes

51 quotes by 46 authors

A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Remember that you own what happened to you. If your childhood was less than ideal, you may have been raised thinking that if you told… — Anne Lamott
In Britain, libel damages are small and people build them into the cost of doing business. In America, libel is very rare and much harder… — Graydon Carter
It is a lamentable observation that because of the way our laws are skewed toward the plaintiff, London has become the libel capital of the… — Richard Dawkins
No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel… — Floyd Abrams
When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and… — J. William Fulbright
SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this… — Ambrose Bierce
The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel… — Rand Paul
There are so many exceptions to free speech: child pornography, cross burning, libel, fighting words. — Cliff Stearns
Newspapermen learn to call a murderer "an alleged murderer" and the King of England "the alleged King of England" to avoid libel suits. — Stephen Leacock
Given the state of libel law, whenever a public figure gets to face a jury, it is a victory. — Jonathan Lubell

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