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He has been defamed by pretty much every mainstream media outlet, and untold numbers of celebrities and politicians and the current President of the United States, so I would anticipate you'll see a lot of defamation lawsuits from him soon. And…people need to realize that they can't defame folks the way they did to Kyle. – John Pierce	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The trendof using blasphemy as a tool to silence people is something the state must look at. People who defame others should not get away so easily. It has very serious consequences on people’s lives. – Nighat Dad	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
This was a mistake. In no way whatsoever would we want to defame God or go anywhere in that direction at the school. – Principal Shannon Hulsey	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
As much as I’ve enjoyed ‘ Saturday Night Live, ’ they went over the line, and believers in God deserve an apology, i wo n’t waste my breath demanding an apology. They don’t answer to me. They answer to the one they defame, and there are consequences. – Pat Boone	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I didn't say he defamed me. He did defame me. He lied about me. – Chris Kyle	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There are different factions of (witchcraft). While it doesn't bother me to release that particular thing, I most assuredly do not want to defame or demean any particular practice. – Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The worst crime I committed was to rashly defame and insult the highest dignity and the system of the republic. – Hyeon Soo Lim	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
All anti-Muslim hate groups exhibit extreme hostility toward Muslims, anti-Muslim hate groups also broadly defame Islam, which they tend to treat as a monolithic and evil religion. These groups generally hold that Islam has no values in common with other cultures, is inferior to the West and is a violent political ideology rather than a religion. – The SPLC	Found on CNN 8 years ago
My whole purpose was to give a gift of gratitude to India, to actually praise India, to single India out as a country that was exemplary in its response to this rape, as a country where one could actually see change beginning, the supreme irony is that they are now accusing me of having wanted to point fingers at India, defame India, and it is they who have committed international suicide by banning this film. – Leslee Udwin	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is a disease of people who seek tirelessly to multiply power only aimed at calumny, and to defame and discredit others. – Pope Francis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The best of men is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him. – Kahlil Gibran	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Mature human do not denigrate (defame) or cherist (praise) an idea in order to feed personal worthwhile. – GSAN	added by anonymous 14 years ago

He has been defamed by pretty much every mainstream media outlet, and untold numbers of celebrities and politicians and the current President of the United States, so I would anticipate you'll see a lot of defamation lawsuits from him soon. And…people need to realize that they can't defame folks the way they did to Kyle.

– John Pierce

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The trendof using blasphemy as a tool to silence people is something the state must look at. People who defame others should not get away so easily. It has very serious consequences on people’s lives.

– Nighat Dad

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

This was a mistake. In no way whatsoever would we want to defame God or go anywhere in that direction at the school.

– Principal Shannon Hulsey

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

As much as I’ve enjoyed ‘ Saturday Night Live, ’ they went over the line, and believers in God deserve an apology, i wo n’t waste my breath demanding an apology. They don’t answer to me. They answer to the one they defame, and there are consequences.

– Pat Boone

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I didn't say he defamed me. He did defame me. He lied about me.

– Chris Kyle

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There are different factions of (witchcraft). While it doesn't bother me to release that particular thing, I most assuredly do not want to defame or demean any particular practice.

– Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The worst crime I committed was to rashly defame and insult the highest dignity and the system of the republic.

– Hyeon Soo Lim

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

All anti-Muslim hate groups exhibit extreme hostility toward Muslims, anti-Muslim hate groups also broadly defame Islam, which they tend to treat as a monolithic and evil religion. These groups generally hold that Islam has no values in common with other cultures, is inferior to the West and is a violent political ideology rather than a religion.

– The SPLC

Found on CNN
8 years ago

My whole purpose was to give a gift of gratitude to India, to actually praise India, to single India out as a country that was exemplary in its response to this rape, as a country where one could actually see change beginning, the supreme irony is that they are now accusing me of having wanted to point fingers at India, defame India, and it is they who have committed international suicide by banning this film.

– Leslee Udwin

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is a disease of people who seek tirelessly to multiply power only aimed at calumny, and to defame and discredit others.

– Pope Francis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The best of men is he who blushes when you praise him and remains silent when you defame him.

– Kahlil Gibran

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Mature human do not denigrate (defame) or cherist (praise) an idea in order to feed personal worthwhile.

– GSAN

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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