Quotes by Libel Truth is generally the best vindication against slander Abraham Lincoln libel honesty truth Journalists who make mistakes get sued for libel; historians who make mistakes get to publish a revised edition. Bill Moyers libel journalism mistake Every libel, which is called famosus libellus, is made either against a private man, or against a public person. If it be against a private man, it deserves a severe punishment. Edward Coke libel made men The greater the truth the greater the libel. Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough libel trust truth A man is angry at a libel because it is false, but at a satire because it is true. Gilbert K. Chesterton satire libel men The Italians are said to be noisy and to gesticulate, but that is a libel dreamed up by the English. Jean Giono noisy libel said More solid things do not show the complexion of the times so well as Ballads and Libels. John Selden ballads libel shows Saying someone is gay who is gay no longer constitutes defamation or slander or libel. You cannot defame someone by telling the truth. Larry Kramer libel gay telling-the-truth The same law applies to me. Nobody has sued me for libel because I do not defame my enemies. Lee Kuan Yew libel law enemy Who can make a more effective appeal to the heart than woman? Mahatma Gandhi libel women heart If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel. Mark Russell libel opponents politician There isn't any way to libel the human race. Mark Twain libel race way If God is good half the Bible is libel. Michael R. Burch libel half ifs Titles are tinsel, power a corrupter, glorya bubble, and excessive wealth a libel on its possessor. Percy Bysshe Shelley titles libel wealth