(486 quotes found)
“Well, really, let's get a grip here shall we? True enough, they were civilians of sort. But innocent? Give me a break.”
Ward Churchill
“To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations”
William Penn
“The little word is has its tragedies: it marries and identifies different things with the greatest innocence; and yet no two are ever identical, and if therein lies the charm of wedding them and calling them one, therein too lies the danger.”
George Santayana
“Every life is march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.”
Lyman Abbott
“Innocence is its own Defense.”
Benjamin Franklin
“Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.”
Nadine Gordimer
“The artificial is always innocent.”
Frank O'Hara
“Through our own recovered innocence we discern the innocence of our neighbors.”
Henry David Thoreau
“I am innocent of all charges and will never admit to these lies. If there is any ground of truth in these statements, then it is because of childish ignorance and the evil companions with whom I was formally surrounded. I also seek to state, that I am faithful to the King and would never wish harm upon him. I will seek his mercy, but not by admitting to these treacherous lies.”
Catherine Howard
“When I first shook Stanley Williams' hand, I knew that he was innocent and that we'd be connected until he was either executed or he died in San Quentin. I was disappointed by the way (court authorities) kept their distance because I don't think anybody wanted to get to know him. Once you did know him, you couldn't kill him.”
Jamie Foxx
