"I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting……" — Dominick Dunne
"I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting about murder. I was appalled by defense attorneys who would do anything to win an acquittal for a guilty person."
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11 Quotes by Dominick Dunne
Dominick Dunne has 11 quotes on this site.
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Parties are the nightly ritual of the sophisticated society.
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The best advice on writing was given to me by my first editor, Michael Korda, of Simon and Schuster, while…
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I loved going along with Alice Steinbach as she goes off on this rare, wonderful adventure, an escape into discovering…
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I am openly pro-prosecution and make no bones about it. I don't think there are enough people out there sticking…
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People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote plays about kings, not beggars.
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For me, the path of failure exceeded by far the joys of success. My plight was hopeless.
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I always love going back to Los Angeles, because it was my home for 24 years, and I have many…
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My father was this famous heart surgeon, a wonderful man... but there was something about me that drove him crazy.
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You write about what you have access to, and I have been fortunate enough to have a front-row seat on…
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I think I need pictures with my articles.
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More Acquittal Quotes
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one of 13 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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For every crime that comes before him, a judge is required to complete a perfect syllogism in which the major…
— Cesare Beccaria
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In America, an acquittal doesn't mean you're innocent, it means you beat the rap. My clients lose even when they…
— F. Lee Bailey
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Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.
— Horace
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Romantic love is blind to everything except what is lovable and lovely, but Christ's love sees us with terrible clarity…
— Frederick Buechner
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I always received much more satisfaction as a defense attorney in obtaining an acquittal for a client than I ever…
— Jim Garrison
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Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought…
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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The ancient man approached God (or even the gods)as the accused person approaches his judge. For the modern man the…
— C.S. Lewis
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The breath Of accusation kills an innocent name, And leaves for lame acquittal the poor life, Which is a mask…
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Among those people lucky enough, if you will, to have actually been brought to trial as a political prisoner, several…
— Barbara Amiel
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A woman has a much better chance than a man of acquittal on a murder charge. If she happens to…
— Unknown Author
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I knew I was coming home, I thought they would consider acquittal, I was disappointed that they didn't.
— Louise Woodward
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The truth is evident. There is no freedom but instead bondage and control in rebellion. It is the opening of…
— John Bevere
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