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Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.

Stephen Leacock
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There is not one single piece of evidence to bear out that libel as far as (Fhimah) is concerned in any respect whatsoever.

Richard Keen
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Our ignorance of history makes us libel our own times. People have always been like this.

Gustave Flaubert
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The last time I looked, when you call somebody a criminal and it ain't true, that's libel per se.

Lawrence M. Otter
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Words spoken in that context are privileged and could only be the basis for a libel suit in the most extreme circumstances.

Peter Scheer
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If it's not true, it's libel. If it's true, just think of the ballplayer he might have been.

Argus Hamilton
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I've stopped caring about skeptics, but if they libel or defame me they will end up in court.

Uri Geller
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The only rules comedy can tolerate are those of taste, and the only limitations those of libel.

James Thurber
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If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.

Mark Russell
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