Libel Quotes

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

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.

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. It has no apparatus to deal with the boor, the liar, the lout, and the antidemocrat in general.

I have no money, no resources, no hopes.

I am the happiest man alive. A year ago, six months ago, I thought that I was an artist. I no longer think about it, I am. Everything that was literature has fallen from me. There are no more books to be written, thank God. This then? This is not a book. This is libel, slander, and defamation of character. This is not a book, in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face of Art, a kick in the pants of God, Man, Destiny, Time, Love, Beauty

Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own;

can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.

The greater the truth the greater the libel.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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