Innocent Victims Quotes

• Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.

  Agatha Christie

  Justice, Needs, Too Much

  Agatha Christie (1989). “Hallowe'en party”, Pocket

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• Always the innocent are the first victims, so it has been for ages past, so it is now.

  J. K. Rowling

  Past, Age, Firsts

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• Everyone realized I was the innocent victim of a shakedown.

  Anthony Anderson

  Innocence, Innocent, Victim

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Unfortunately, cancer is the number one killer of children in this country today, and it destroys not only these innocent victims, but their families as well.

  Michael McCaul

  Country, Children, Cancer

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• Oh, innocent victims of Cupid, remember this terse little verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid. To let a kiss fool you is worse.

  Yip Harburg

  Valentines Day, Stupid, Kissing

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• The injustice of defeat lies in the fact that its most innocent victims are made to look like heartless accomplices. It is impossible to see behind defeat, the sacrifices, the austere performance of duty, the self-discipline and the vigilance that are there - those things the god of battle does not take account of.

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

  Lying, Sacrifice, Self

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• There is only one group to blame for the continued suffering of these innocent victims: the House majority and their Speaker John Boehner.

  Chris Christie

  House, Suffering, Majority

  "Christie lambasts House Republicans over Sandy bill: 'Shame on Congress'" by Ewen MacAskill, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2013.

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• In order to have a society in which public issues can be openly and vigorously debated, it is not necessary to allow the brutalization of innocent victims.

  Samuel Alito

  Order, Issues, Innocent

  "Court Says Military Funeral Protesters Are Protected". "Morning Edition" with Stebe Inskeep, www.npr.org. March 2, 2011.

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• Pettiness seems to go hand in hand with vindictiveness. The smaller the person, the larger the need for revenge. This may account for the fact that some consensual crimes have stiffer penalties than do most crimes with innocent victims.

  Peter McWilliams

  Revenge, Hands, Needs

  Peter McWilliams (1993). “Ain't nobody's business if you do: the absurdity of consensual crimes in a free society”, Mary Book / Prelude Pr

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• We were innocent victims. (Angelia) Yeah, and I’m the tooth fairy. (Bride)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Teeth, Fairy, Innocent

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• Penalizing homosexuals does not save any innocent victims. The idea that God and the Church accept these people while they are celibate; and then if they go off and do something with someone else and both derive joy from it without any apparent harm to anyone else, the Church excommunicates them - that, to me, is bizarre.

  Andrew Solomon

  Ideas, People, Joy

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• Perhaps this is how girls fall -- not in some crime of enchantment at the hands of a wicked ne'er-do-well, a grand before and after in which they are innocent victims who have no say in the matter. Perhaps they simply are kissed and want to kiss back. Perhaps they even kiss first. And why should they not?

  Libba Bray

  Girl, Fall, Kissing

  Libba Bray (2007). “The Sweet Far Thing”, p.615, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• Now that I'm suffering, I feel closer to people who suffer more than I ever did before. The other night, on TV, I saw people in Bosnia running across the street, getting fired upon, killed, innocent victims....and I just started to cry. I feel their anguish as if it were my own. I don't know any of these people. But - how can I put this? I'm almost......drawn to them.

  Morrie Schwartz

  Running, Helping Others, Night

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• If we execute murderers and there is in fact no deterrent effect, we have killed a bunch of murderers. If we fail to execute murderers, and doing so would in fact have deterred other murders, we have allowed the killing of a bunch of innocent victims. I would much rather risk the former. This, to me, is not a tough call.

  John C. McAdams

  Risk, Facts, Death Penalty

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• If McNamee is lying, then he has acted inexcusably, and he has made Clemens an innocent victim. If Clemens isn't telling the truth, then he has acted shamefully and has smeared McNamee. I don't think there's anything in between.

  Jim Lehrer

  Lying, Thinking, Telling The Truth

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• There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those who pay bribes are often depicted as innocent victims ... The reality is that both parties conspire to defraud the public.

  Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

  Party, Reality, Government

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• I believe in my heart that the music community will come together as one and rally to the aid of thousands of innocent victims, ... There is a tremendous need for relief dollars right now and through this effort each one of us can play an immediate role in helping comfort so many people.

  Michael Jackson

  Believe, Heart, Play

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• The big difference between animal liberation activists and other so-called 'terrorists' is the targets; no innocent victims are ever targeted in animal lib campaigns. If you are not abusing and exploiting animals, there is no need to fear for one's safety.

  Jerry Vlasak

  Animal, Differences, Safety

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• Here I am, just wandering down a deserted street in the middle of the night. I hope I don't run into any trouble. Goodness, that would just ruin my whole evening." I strolled and hummed, trying to project Innocent Victim.

  MaryJanice Davidson

  Running, Night, Here I Am

  MaryJanice Davidson (2010). “Undead And Unwed: Number 1 in series”, p.183, Hachette UK

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• Nothing can justify crimes such as those of September 11, but we can think of the United States as an innocent victim only if we adopt the convenient path of ignoring the record of its actions and those of its allies, which are, after all, hardly a secret.

  Noam Chomsky

  Thinking, September 11, Secret

  Noam Chomsky (2001). “9-11 [neuf-onze]”, p.35, Seven Stories Press

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• Egypt firmly and strongly condemns such attacks on civilians and soldiers that led to the deaths of a large number of innocent victims.

  Hosni Mubarak

  Numbers, Egypt, Soldier

  "Israel mourns, Palestinians celebrate / Terrorism against U.S. resonates in Mideast" by Danielle Haas, Dina Shiloh, www.sfgate.com. September 12, 2001.

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• I'm tired of hearing about innocent victims. It's fiction, If you live on this planet you're guilty, period, f*** you, next case, end of report. Your birth certificate is proof of guilt.

  George Carlin

  Humorous, Tired, Guilt

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