Not Guilty Quotes

• A minister of state is excusable for the harm he does when the helm of government has forced his hand in a storm; but in the calm he is guilty of all the good he does not do.

  Voltaire

  Funny, Life, Failure

  "Le Siecle de Louis XIV (The Age of Louis XIV)". Book by Voltaire (Chapter VI), 1751.

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• On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.

  Aldous Huxley

  Brave New World, Guilt, Rolling

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• Chronic remorse, as all the moralists are agreed, is a most undesirable sentiment. If you have behaved badly, repent, make what amends you can and address yourself to the task of behaving better next time. On no account brood over your wrongdoing. Rolling in the muck is not the best way of getting clean.

  Aldous Huxley

  Life, Forgiveness, Time

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one’s own actions or lack of action. If it leads to change then it can be useful, since it is then no longer guilt but the beginning of knowledge. Yet all too often, guilt is just another name for impotence, for defensiveness destructive of communication; it becomes a device to protect ignorance and the continuation of things the way they are, the ultimate protection for changelessness.

  Audre Lorde

  Communication, Ignorance, Names

  Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.130, Crossing Press

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• Grief is not as heavy as guilt, but it takes more away from you.

  Veronica Roth

  Sad, Grief, Sorrow

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• It is the confession, not the priest, that gives us absolution.

  Oscar Wilde

  Keeping Secrets, Giving, Guilt

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 8 (1891)

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• Because He freely owned my guilt I may freely own my sin. Guilty as charged, and yet, not guilty at all.

  R. C. Sproul, Jr.

  Guilt, May, Sin

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• The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but he who causes the darkness.

  Victor Hugo

  Darkness, Guilt, Les Mis

  Victor Hugo (1862). “Les Misérables: Fantine”, p.14, Library of Alexandria

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• When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Presidential, Guilt, Answers

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

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• Guilt is not a response to anger; it is a response to one's own actions or lack of action.

  Audre Lorde

  Guilt, Action, Response

  Audre Lorde (2012). “Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches”, p.130, Crossing Press

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• He who helps the guilty, shares the crime.

  Publilius Syrus

  Helping, Guilty, Crime

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 139,

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• I'm absolutely, 100 percent, not guilty.

  O. J. Simpson

  Sports, Guilty, Percent

  Plea at murder trial, Los Angeles, Cal., 22 July 1994

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• I am not guilty, I am innocent.

  Saddam Hussein

  Innocence, Guilty, Innocent

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• The most beautiful words in the English language are 'not guilty'.

  Maxim Gorky

  Beautiful, Money, Business

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• Absolutely, one hundred percent, not guilty.

  O. J. Simpson

  Guilty, Hundred, Percent

  "A Piece of the Action" by David Nicholson, www.washingtonpost.com. November 3, 1996.

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• Which is not really a hell of a lot to ask, Lord, because the final incredible truth is that I am not guilty. All I did was take your gibberish seriously... and you see where it got me? My primitive Christian instincts have made me a criminal.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Christian, Criminals, Finals

  Hunter S. Thompson (2010). “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream”, p.87, Vintage

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• Why should I resign ... First of all, I am not guilty of any of these charges. Second, we have a constitution to follow.

  Joseph Estrada

  Firsts, Constitution, Guilty

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• Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.

  Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Guilt

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• Once again, as a flawed evaluator of dictators and failed strategist who has permitted Russia back in as a major player in the Middle East, is Hillary Clinton guilty or not guilty?

  Chris Christie

  Player, Russia, Middle East

  The Republican National Convention Speech in Cleveland, www.macleans.ca. July 19, 2016.

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• When I was initially charged I still thought I was not guilty because I had followed the rules.

  Andrew Fastow

  Guilty, Stills

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• I'm not supposed to say it, but I was not guilty of any crime. I became a target because I was a strong and a rich woman who had been very successful.

  Martha Stewart

  Strong, Successful, Target

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• Dear Hitler Take away the torches I'm not guilty I had to have this

  Leonard Cohen

  Torches, Guilty, Dear

  Leonard Cohen (2003). “The Favorite Game: A Novel”, Vintage Books

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• I do kind of aspire to do comedy that appeals to a wide range of audiences and doesn't divide people. I never want to do material that makes people laugh at the expense of making other people feel bad - not to say I'm not guilty of that at times. ... I try and make humor out of the really important issues of the day, like Hot Pockets and elevators and not wanting to get out of bed.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Issues, People, Laughing

  "Pasty-faced and proud of it - Comedian Jim Gaffigan brings his 'Beyond the Pale Tour' to Merrill Auditorium". "Portland Press Herald" Newspaper, February 15, 2007.

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• I don't fear jail because I know I'm not guilty. I know I did nothing wrong. I did nothing criminal and I also believe my God will get me through this.

  Kenneth Lay

  Mistake, Believe, Jail

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• Hovind said he was entering a not guilty plea 'under duress'.

  Kent Hovind

  Entering, Duress, Guilty

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