Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edward Gibbon

Of the three Popes, John the Twenty-third was the first victim; he fled and was brought back a prisoner; the most scandalous charges were suppressed; the Vicar of Christ was only accused of piracy, murder, rape, sodomy, and incest

Christiane Amanpour

They accused you of being in the KLA?

The proceedings must be fair and be seen to be fair, and that means ensuing that the accused can vigorously defend themselves.

Brian Eno

I'm often accused of being ahead of my time, but it's simply not true. The truth is that everybody else is behind.

We all know that the possible accused all are aging, so we really have to start the process as soon as we can.

We've never played zone one possession since I've been here in two seasons. Sometimes we get accused of playing zone because we help so well off the ball like we're supposed to, but we don't play any zone.

Rene Saguisag

We will be able to present the principal accused in the middle of March. I think around March 15.

We could be accused of being insensitive, but we think there's more to life than a bank account, ... Morality is an issue, and if you look at it critically, you'll see it is more than just dollar signs.

Mark Ryan

What does Excel stand accused of? Honoring its contracts.

Kevin Mitnick

Our Constitution requires that the accused be presumed innocent before trial, thus granting all citizens the right to a bail hearing, where the accused has the opportunity to be represented by counsel, present evidence, and cross-examine witnesses.

We're not conceding anything at this point. He probably feels the way anybody would who is accused of terrible things and thrown in a jail cell.

Bob Crow

No doubt we will once more be accused of disruption but ... the blame once again lies squarely with management trying to impose rather than negotiate.

Never in my life have I ever been accused of not talking. Dan and I both ad lib. Neither one of us can keep our mouth shut.

Milan Kundera

O lovers! Be careful in those dangerous first days! Once youve brought breakfast in bed youll have to bring it forever, unless you want to be accused of lovelessness and betrayal.

Jim Oberweis

I have been accused by the press of being too direct, too blatant, too clear in my initiatives for the last four years. The fact of the matter is this is something I believe in.

I can't imagine a worse nightmare ... than being accused of criminal activity you did not do.

Gareth Thomas

Of course there's extra pressure. I've not slept for five nights worrying about the things that I've been accused of.

Phil Gramm

The accused should be tried and rendered a verdict, ... It is our constitutional duty to see this through, as tiring and trying as this may be. The constitutional process is at stake.

The accused is wanted by the Bihar Police in more than a dozen cases and he was arrested when he came to the city to meet some of his accomplices.

The accused intended to destroy the Bosnian Muslim population in part or in whole in order to achieve those aims.

That's a very good compliment. I would think discipline is what they see. I've been accused of that.

David Blunkett

When it comes to those who are accused and their right to defend themselves, it is perfectly reasonable to expect relevant evidence to be made public, and I am in favour of open justice.

If I had enough evidence to make an arrest, there would have been an arrest. If you don't have the correct information, you should have sat back and been silent. It casts a long shadow over the integrity of your administration. Don't put the public through this kind of discord. You should have some compassion both for those who are accused and for the victim. I would have done things a lot differently -- with integrity.

Jacques Derrida

I believe it is always a writer who is accused of being someone who is engaged in an explanation with language, the economy of language.

Michael Naumann

I fear that a nation that displays the biggest crime of its history as an elegant, chic statue will sometime have to be accused of shamelessness,

He's not feeling the full expression of emotions that he should be if he's innocent and accused of being guilt. He shouldn't be nervous. He should be upset.

Kenny Johnson

I believe evidence will show that he's innocent, Kevin Jones is a fine citizen, one thing you haven't heard, is anything negative about Kevin. He's holding up pretty good, considering he's accused of murdering the girl he loved.

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

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.

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.

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