Libel Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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