#innocent

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#cannot #inevitably #innocent #know #knowledge

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I'm innocent. You've got to believe I'm innocent. If you don't, take my job. ↗

— Richard M. Nixon

#believe #even #got #i #innocent

Paradoxically, the people and state of Japan living on such moral props were not innocent but had been stained by their own past history of invading other Asian countries. ↗

— Kenzaburo Oe

#asian countries #been #countries #had #history

Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine. ↗

— Sean Penn

#american soldiers #attack #civilians #innocent #innocent civilians

But there's one thing we must all be clear about: terrorism is not the pursuit of legitimate goals by some sort of illegitimate means. Whatever the murderers may be trying to achieve, creating a better world certainly isn't one of their goals. Instead they are out to murder innocent people. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#achieve #better #better world #certainly #clear

I think that all of us, as Americans, are due due process and have a right to a fair trial, and have a right to be considered innocent until proven guilty. I think that is the American way and it's the foundation upon which this country was built. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#american way #built #considered #country #due

Military strength in reserve is better than military strength being reigned upon the other side including all of its innocent civilians. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

#better #civilians #including #innocent #innocent civilians

A fact is a simple statement that everyone believes. It is innocent, unless found guilty. A hypothesis is a novel suggestion that no one wants to believe. It is guilty, until found effective. ↗

— Edward Teller

#believe #believes #effective #everyone #fact

Already old, the question Who shall die? Becomes unspoken Who is innocent? ↗

— Karl Shapiro

#becomes #die #innocent #old #question

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. ↗

— Karl Shapiro

#does #each #experience #innocent #learn