Famous Quotes & Sayings

have a chilling effect on the willingness of competent lawyers to vigorously defend the accused in these cases.

He's hasn't been allowed to defend himself. That's what we do in America. We give people -- no matter what they're accused of -- we give them their day in court.

The pact has the flaw that the accused are their own judges, so they really like the defendants. The ECB is here meting out the task of dispensing justice to the private ratings agencies.

Hun Sen

He has accused me of being a killer. Now if he has the guts, he should come back to serve his prison sentence as convicted.

He is not accused of selling it. He's not accused of driving around in a vehicle with it.

He feels he has lost his career as a field tech, ... The charges are still pending. He cannot travel internationally. He feels he lost his whole career because he was falsely accused as a spy.

If you understand the law excuse me, ma'am! Now I have the floor now! I just got accused of this.

Dick Cheney

In our system of government an accused person is presumed innocent until a contrary finding is made by a jury after an opportunity to answer the charges and a full airing of the facts, ... Mr. Libby is entitled to that opportunity.

Innocent men get accused and with evidence everybody thinks is true.

If there is any suggestion any of the accused is going to do himself harm then the appropriate measures would be put in place. You can safely assume he would be watched even more closely.

Stockard Channing

It has to come from the heart. But it was nice when she accused me of being too much like her.

His discourse was extreme -- he accused Bush of terrorism -- but his contributions showed that he could force a run-off.

Canisius is a very special place . . . It's a bottom line business unfortunately. If the only thing we can be accused of is not winning enough games, I leave here with my head held high because we've had guys who've acted the right way.

In essence it was a gang rape. There were four people being accused and all four of those individuals were accused of having a sexual relationship with a woman against her will.

In a sense I do feel very privileged. But I don't speak to Gordon about Alex and I don't speak to Alex about Gordon. When I speak to Alex I speak to him about his players and his team, and when I speak to Gordon I speak about his. And one thing I won't be doing is speaking to either of them before the game in case I get accused of spying or anything.

In American jurisprudence, the accused has a right to know who the accuser is.

In America, art has always been suspect and accused of being effete. We are growing beyond that as a culture, just as San Francisco is growing beyond its fear of modern architecture.

Ron Kittle

I'm not upset that he got caught because these allegations came out before. But they still let him play, while all the other people who were accused of it are out of the game. That probably bothers me more.

I have to confess we have made a mistake on that, ... We could stand accused of making it totally inconvenient for players competing in America, so we are going to adjust the dates but they will be that week.

I really felt a sense of his pain. He was a person who was wrongly accused at a very difficult time.

Bob Hill

I'm like one of his fathers who couldn't be prouder of him. It's a long story, but at the bitter end his agents accused me of badmouthing him to the NBA people; because they had convinced him he was a lottery pick.

Al Sharpton

If O.J. had been accused of killing his black wife, you would not have seen the same passion stirred up.

In investors' minds, they've been accused of being a one-trick pony, and they don't have a pipeline. If they get Guidant, they answer both those questions. They'll be in one of the fastest-growing medical devices markets, for implantable defibrillators, and they'll have Guidant's pipeline.

Henry Hyde

In debating the pros and cons of gun control, we cannot avoid our responsibility by ignoring the deeper, cultural and spiritual problems evidenced by the violent conduct of the accused juveniles in Littleton and Conyers,

In looking at the tape, we don't see anywhere during the entire incident where Michael did what he is accused of doing,

Vladimir Putin

In almost any country, probably in Russia in particular, it's fashionable to criticise people in power. If you come out in support of someone like me, you're going to be accused of trying to ingratiate yourself.

I mean, he's a pharmacy technician and we won't turn our backs to prosecuting this case just because of his position or role. We take it seriously when someone's accused of distributing these types of substances.

Paul Johnson

I'm not going to throw (Owens) out of practice because he's accused of something. Lamar is helping out. This is somewhat of a getaway for him. He can come out here and get away from things for a while.

Taylor Dent

I'm disappointed in the system, ... This agency is leaking these results prematurely. I think Lance Armstrong was wrongly accused and it may be the same for Mariano.

Dave Douglas

I hope that people know that he was innocent. It's horrible what he was accused of. It's just so sad.

The judge has to decide the merits of each application, looking carefully at the rights of the accused and balancing these with the interests of justice as appropriate.

The Fed is more willing to balance risks in favor of growth than it was two years ago. They really don't want to be accused of anti-growth. They want to be seen as anti-inflation, and I don't think in that light they wanted to be seen as moving ahead of inflation reports that have not shown any acceleration.

Kurt Busch

I never did any of things I was accused of. It was a total fabrication.