Famous Quotes & Sayings

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.

Geno Auriemma

That was one of the all-time favorites because we were accused of making the roof leak on purpose. We don?t want to win by too much. Let?s create a diversion, so we stop the game for an hour. ... yeah, it?s been a while.

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

I think it would be irresponsible not to at least revisit these previous matters and find out if this accused does have anything to do with them.

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.

I could have been accused of bludgeoning people when I was younger. But if I think I'm right, I'm going to argue for it, that's my job.

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.

People are actually losing comprehension of what's going on. People are coming because they have a crush A person has been accused of a crime, killing two people.

Our goal here is to get John Kerry to sit down and talk with these guys. Get a chance to tell them why he branded them as war criminals, why he accused them of committing war-time atrocities,

Beeban Kidron

From the moment I went to Hollywood for the first time, I was accused by various people of selling out. So I feel I've done my sell-out films already. I've sold everything! I've sold every piece of soul I ever had!

David Suchet

I suppose I could be accused of taking acting too seriously and losing the fun of it. I do take my work very seriously; I take on the responsibility of it.

Charlie Trotter

Sometimes I think I should have chosen a line of work where it was just me alone in the room, with the sun coming in, and God, insofar as he or she exists, smiling down upon me. Then I would have never been accused of being a tyrant, other than towards myself.

For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

I like to be human and not lose myself in becoming a mannequin, which people in showbiz are accused of.

Levi Woodbury

Presumptions of guilt or innocence may sometimes be strengthened or weakened by the place of birth and kind of education and associates a man has grown up with, and good character may at times interpose, and justly save, under suspicion, one who is accused of crime on slight circumstances.

Yuvraj Singh

I have been accused of things that I have never done. I have been called a perpetrator of incidents while I was actually a peacemaker. I really don't know why. Yuvraj Singh isn't a party animal; he is just singled out. I don't know why.

Andrew Vachss

Ask any experienced defense lawyer: the real risks are for an accused person who is innocent. A guilty defendant has many more options available.

To be accused of burning the American flag when I have done nothing of the sort is the kind of low, vicious and untrue attack that turns many voters away from politics entirely. It's not just negative campaigning; it's lying.

Steven Gerrard

We were accused of having a mini crisis recently, but we've answered that in the best possible way and when we get into a rhythm we stay in it.

We are required to tell the student what they are accused of doing, reveal the evidence against them, allow the student to tell their side of the story and make a decision.

Wesley Clark

I remember in the spring of 1971, a hundred thousand people converged on the Pentagon in June of 1971. They threw blood; I guess it was goat's blood or something, on the steps to the Pentagon. People were being accused of being murderers and baby killers. You just can't imagine the civic outrage.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

How is justice served if the victim and the accused are working together to make it all go away? Somebody please explain that to me.

Charles J. Shields

'To Kill a Mockingbird' is really two stories. One is a coming-of-age tale told from the point of view of Scout Finch, a girl of about nine, and her slightly older brother, Jem. The second story concerns their father, attorney Atticus Finch, who has been appointed to defend a black man, Tom Robinson, falsely accused of raping a white woman.

Howard Finster

You know, I been accused - people call me crazy like they did Noah, you know. Some people think I'm insane, like, maybe a percentage like insane?

We get accused of having an all-star team by some other cities in the state, but that isn't the case. Even by pulling from all of these schools, we really only have enough boys for one team.

Pete Rose

I get accused of talking about records. But it's the guys who interview me who ask about them.

Glenn Greenwald

The core distortion of the War on Terror under both Bush and Obama is the Orwellian practice of equating government accusations of terrorism with proof of guilt. One constantly hears U.S. government defenders referring to 'terrorists' when what they actually mean is: those accused by the government of terrorism.