The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting. – Henry James
This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press? Bands themselves are never really responsible for all of that. That is something that happens to you when you sell millions of records. – Holly Johnson
There’s nothing in this country that is a worse accusation – in America, if you accuse somebody of racism, that person has to disprove that. – Andrew Breitbart
I wish I had said ‘some athletes here are competing unfairly.’ It was my opinion, never an accusation. – Bob Costas
A trial without witnesses, when it involves a criminal accusation, a criminal matter, is not a true trial. – Bill McCollum
Now that I have called you on your false accusation, you are using additional smear tactics. – George Soros
Knowledge of God’s Word is a bulwark against deception, temptation, accusation, even persecution. – Edwin Louis Cole
I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing – that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one’s door. – Paul Muldoon
The accusation that we’ve lost our soul resonates with a very modern concern about authenticity. – Patricia Hewitt
When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour. – Piers Anthony
I have much to say why my reputation should be rescued from the load of false accusation and calumny which has been heaped upon it. – Robert Emmet
Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation. – Philip Massinger
One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic. – Viggo Mortensen