Libel Quotes

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.
Albert Einstein

Themselves, Cruel, Dollar

The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.
James Thurber

Comedy, Rules, Taste

The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit.
Rand Paul

Win, Country, Impossible

I mean, in some cases with libel laws, you know, they can write things about people who have no course of action, because they can't afford to take legal action against them.
Elton John

Legal, Mean, Write

It's a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I haven't got any other business interests.
Rupert Murdoch

Business, Fact, Support

Wart hogs should sue for libel. It is a terrible name and they are fine fellows and devoted family men and it is rare to see one by himself; the little woman and the kiddies are usually close at hand.
Ilka Chase

Family, Men, Woman

I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.
Uri Geller

End, Caring, Court

When public men indulge themselves in abuse, when they deny others a fair trial, when they resort to innuendo and insinuation, to libel, scandal, and suspicion, then our democratic society is outraged, and democracy is baffled.
J. William Fulbright

Men, Society, Democracy

No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win.
Floyd Abrams

Win, Country, Sometimes

I don't think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws - against libel, for instance. The idea that there is some absolute press freedom is kind of a myth.
Bill Keller

Freedom, Against, Idea

If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.
Mark Russell

Call, Politician, Opponent

It is better, however, for his own reputation that the story-teller should risk a few actions for libel on account of these unfortunate coincidences than that he should adopt the melancholy device of using blanks or asterisks.
James Payn

Few, Risk, Reputation

All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.
Ian Hislop

Tell, Everyone, Lawyers

Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation.
Henry Anatole Grunwald

Society, After, Reputation

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