Paul Muldoon

I suppose for whatever reason I actively welcome being put down, something which perhaps goes back to my upbringing - that accusation of not being worthy which could be laid at one's door.

English Poet

Sergei Lavrov

The attempts to distort the truth and to hide the facts behind blanket accusations have been undertaken at all stages of the Ukrainian crisis.

Russian Diplomat

Bob Costas

I wish I had said 'some athletes here are competing unfairly.' It was my opinion, never an accusation.

American Celebrity

Rhea Pillai

Who wants to live a life full of fights, blackmails and accusations?

Indian Model

Elias Canetti

People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.

Swiss Author

Michael Hayden

Accusations fit on a bumper sticker; the truth takes longer.

American Public Servant

Clive Barker

I don't take accusations of selling out lightly.

English Writer

Henry Fielding

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

English Novelist

Dominique de Villepin

French Diplomat

Michel Temer

Brazilian Politician

Accusation implies wrongdoing and often has a disapproving or critical tone.

Negative Connotation

Use 'accusation' when someone believes but hasn't necessarily proven the misdemeanor.

Level of Certainty

'Accusation' is suitable for formal situations like legal discussions or written complaints.

Formal Contexts

In legal settings, an accusation isn't conviction; a person is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Legal Specificity

When used in media, it can imply scandal and influence public opinion. Use responsibly.

Press Sensitivity

Be clear about what the accusation is about to avoid misunderstandings.

Requires Clarity

 the last thing you would do is take those secrets and give them to journalists and ask journalists to publish them, because it makes those secrets worthless. People who want to enrich themselves do it secretly by selling secrets to the government, but I think there's one important point worth making, which is, that accusation comes from people in the U.S. government,

Glenn Greenwald: Why...

 for our shared but increasingly endangered democratic values? After all, the absence of a duty of care within many professions can all too easily amount to accusations of negligence, and that being the case, can we be really comfortable with the thought that we're in effect being negligent in respect of the health of our own societies

David Puttnam: What...

 I'm not saying that in all of you, there's a secret sexist or racist or ageist lurking within, waiting to get out. That's not what I'm saying. We all have our biases. They're the filters through which we see the world around us. I'm not accusing anyone, bias is not an accusation.

What does my headscarf...

 hope and courage in every corner of the world unconscious bias is not the same as conscious discrimination I'm not saying that in all of you there's a secret sexist or racist or urges like lurking within waiting to get out bias is not an accusation rather it's something that

The Year in Ideas: TED...

 These days, I look at how women are treated the world over, and anger, in particular, seems like a perfectly reasonable response. But back then, I worried about the tone people used when suggesting I might be a feminist. The feminist label was an accusation,

Roxane Gay: Confessions...

 Well, this is bad cop. Juveniles are more suggestible and susceptible to social influence, like the intense pressure accusations and suggestions coming from authority figures in interrogations. More than 70 percent of the teens in our study said

Why teens confess to...

 but all the way to ethnic cleansing and genocide, and that has been adjudicated in the highest war crimes court in the world. So, we know what we were seeing. Trying to tell the world what we were seeing brought us accusations of bias,

How to seek truth in the...

 their adult children are throwing away their lives and not using their talents in the way that they were pursuing before they became involved kibble oi and the kingdom appeared to be very open about these accusations and said they

The New Son of God PIPE...

 Yet alleged witches, usually women, children and elderly persons are still routinely attacked, banished and killed. And I've made it part of my life's mission to end witchcraft accusation and witch persecution in Africa.

Why I choose humanism...

 or the world? That's where impeachment comes in. Impeachment isn't the same as actually removing someone from office. Like an indictment in criminal court, it's only the formal accusation that launches a trial,