Pardons and pleasantnesse are great revenges of slanders.
On Rumor's tongue continual slanders ride.
He who slanders the victim aids the executioner.
. . . so far from entrenching human conduct within the gentle barriers of peace and love, religion has ever been, and now is, the deepest source of contentions, wars, persecutions for conscience sake, angry words, angry feelings, backbitings, slanders, suspicions, false judgments, evil interpretations, unwise, unjust, injurious, inconsistent actions.
Quick-circulating slanders mirth afford; and reputation bleeds in every word.
Many of Islam's apologists insist that suicide bombing is not Islamic because the Koran forbids suicide. Mmm-hmm. So where are all the Muslims gathering in mass demonstrations to vehemently condemn this practice that slanders their religion? Why does contemporary Islam promote 'martyrdom' as the highest duty of Muslims? Why are photographs of suicide bombers plastered everywhere in Beirut? Because Islam is what Islam does.
Too much of our political debate. . . has become a race to the bottom. An exchange of insults and slanders more appropriate to reality television than a legislature.
The criminal is quite frequently not equal to his deed: he belittles and slanders it.
The more closely we see ourselves being watched by our enemies, the more time intent we should be to avoid their slanders.
We will rise above the lies, the smears, the ludicrous slanders from ludicrous and very, very dishonest reporters.
