Accused Quotes - Page 7

• I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

  Spiro T. Agnew

  Hands, Feet, Pockets

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• And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents' "interests," I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can.

  Barry Goldwater

  Liberty, Causes, Neglect

  "The Conscience of a Conservative". Book by Barry Goldwater and L. Brent Bozell, 1960.

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• Traditionally, duos get accused of lots of things.

  Daryl Hall

  Duos

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm sick of being self-referential. I don't want to do any more songs that can be accused of being personal.

  Marianne Faithfull

  Song, Self, Sick

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• It's a pleasure to play my sister because everything I've accused her of my whole life, I can now re-enact before her eyes.

  Chelsea Handler

  Eye, Play, Pleasure

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• An impeachable offense is whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history; conviction results from whatever offense or offenses two-thirds of the other body considers to be sufficiently serious to require removal of the accused from office.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Two, Office, House

  Remarks in House of Representatives, 15 Apr. 1970

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• I'm often accused of 'going too far,' but I recognize that behind my desire to shock is an even stronger desire to evade the 'feminine' stereotype: 'You say women are afraid of mice? I'll show you! I'll eat the mouse!

  Anne Beatts

  Desire, Stronger, Stereotype

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• Toni Morrison is challenged regularly because she is a black author who writes about the real world. She speaks with so much knowledge about black issues she can't be accused of creating these (issues). People find these issues threatening.

  Judith Krug

  Real, Writing, Creating

  "Group Targets Black Authors' Books; Toni Morrison's Novel Deemed 'Smut' by Parent; Acclaimed Memoir 'Black Boy' Also is Under Fire" by Valerie Olander, The Detroit News, January 24, 2007.

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• I have myself always been terrified of plagiarism - of being accused of it, that is. Every writer is a thief, though some of us are more clever than others at disguising our robberies. The reason writers are such slow readers is that we are ceaselessly searching for things we can steal and then pass off as our own: a natty bit of syntax, a seamless transition, a metaphor that jumps to its target like an arrow shot from an aluminum crossbow.

  Joseph Epstein

  Clever, Writing, Arrows

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• Some wonder why I have such a feeling of concern over the imposition of the death penalty. I ask those who wonder how would you feel if you defended a man charged with murder, who was as innocent as any hon. member in this House at this very moment, who was convicted; whose appeal was dismissed, who was executed; and six months later the star witness for the Crown admitted that he, himself, had committed the murder and blamed it on the accused? That experience will never be effaced from my memory.

  John Diefenbaker

  Stars, Memories, Men

  John Diefenbaker's speech in the House of Commons, May 1, 1972.

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• In the case of a man and a woman [accused of commiting a crime together], both will often agree to the man taking the rap despite the man being more likely to receive a longer sentence and more likely to be raped in prison. If blacks were agreeing to do that for whites, the black community would be smart enough to call that 'learned subservience.'

  Warren Farrell

  Smart, Rap, Men

  "The Myth of Male Power". Book by Warren Farrell, 1993.

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• The invasion of Iraq will surely go down in history as one of the most cowardly wars ever fought. It was a war in which a band of rich nations, armed with enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world several times over, rounded on a poor nation, falsely accused it of having nuclear weapons, used the United Nations to force it to disarm, then invaded it, occupied it, and are now in the process of selling it.

  Arundhati Roy

  War, Iraq, Nuclear

  Arundhati Roy (2006). “Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire”, p.333, Penguin Books India

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• It is requisite to defend those who are unjustly accused of having acted injuriously, but to praise those who excel in a certain good.

  Pythagoras

  Praise, Certain

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• The man who accused Richard Simmons of slapping him in an airport has dropped the assault charge. Dropped it! Upon hearing the news, Simmons sadly responded, "You mean I'm not going to prison?"

  Dennis Miller

  Mean, Men, Airports

  "Daily Ror-shocked: Is CNBC's Dennis Miller funny?" by Jeremy Cluchey, www.mediamatters.org. July 07, 2004.

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• A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children.

  Jennifer Aniston

  Children, Men, Careers

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some people who look at abstract art say 'I could do that.' A good response is, 'Go ahead but then you'll be accused of copying.

  Christopher Willard

  Art, People, Copying

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• A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged.

  Harry Browne

  Judging, Trials, Assumption

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• I'm accused of cleverness as if it were a sin. She is merely clever, they say.

  Jennifer Stone

  Clever, Sin, Ifs

  Jennifer Stone (1992). “Telegraph Avenue then”, Regent Pr

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• Specific protection must be granted to human rights defenders and whistleblowers who have in some contexts been accused of being unpatriotic, whereas they perform, in reality, a democratic service to their countries and to the enjoyment of human rights of their compatriots.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Country, Reality, Rights

  "UN Expert Calls on Countries to Strengthen Protection of Civil Society Voices, Whistleblowers". news.un.org. September 11, 2013.

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• Men still assume I must be like the girl I played in 'Emmanuelle.' John Wayne was never accused of killing people during his free time, but I'm forever stuck with the image of 'Emmanuelle.' The truth is, I should have got an Oscar for that role because I'm nothing like that woman.

  Sylvia Kristel

  Girl, Men, Should Have

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• If a person had accused him of meanness, he could have defended himself. But with a dog - you did something cheap to it when you were sure no one was looking, and it was as though you had done it in front of a mirror.

  Paula Fox

  Dog, Mirrors, Done

  "News from the World: Stories and Essays". Book by Paula Fox, 2011.

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• The people who hanged Christ never, to do them justice, accused Him of being a bore - on the contrary; they thought Him too dynamic to be safe. It has been left for later generations to muffle up that shattering personality and surround Him with an atmosphere of tedium.

  Dorothy L. Sayers

  Jesus, People, Justice

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• My goal is to be accused of being strident.

  Susan Faludi

  Goal

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• When you're exonerated, then the people who wrongly accused you should have the guts to stand up and say, "I'm sorry."

  Chris Christie

  Sorry, Should Have, People

  "Gov. Chris Christie discusses his presidential bid". "Fox News Sunday" with Shannon Bream, www.foxnews.com. July 05, 2015.

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• Many people have accused me of having a romantic view, whereas I personally I feel sorry for those who have lost romance in their lives.

  Arundhati Roy

  Sorry, Views, People

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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