David Fahrenthold Quotes

How is it possible to defame Trump? When Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called the president a 'moron,' was that defamatory or merely the prosaic truth?

I am now the target of the most powerful man in this country, with an army of aides whose major responsibility today seems to be to attack me and get rid of me.

An attack is always a smear when it is directed against you.

It's tough waking up in the morning and reading derogatory stories about you.

When Trump attacks the news media, he's kicking a wounded animal.

[Donald] Trump is obsessed with name calling.

Look, in 1800 the sainted Thomas Jefferson arranged to hire a notorious slanderer named James Callender, who worked as a writer at a Republican newspaper in Richmond, Va. Read some of what he wrote about John Adams. This was a personal slander.

I've been forced to deal with my character assassination.

There's really not much that people can pick on me for my work, so obviously they find other reasons to write something bad about me. I mean, people enjoy reading bad stuff about people.

For the past two years, the only thing the 'Idol' machine has been doing has been maliciously attacking my name.

It has been my policy not to respond to each of the many canards which have been part of the campaign to discredit my investigation, nor to waste time trying to prove negatives.

…the statements to the World and News consist simply of a string of infamous libels.

Scandal [criticism and slander] against the great, though seldom prosecuted at present, is however, in the eye of the law, a great crime, and subjects the offender to very heavy penalties.

I have been attacked by Rush Limbaugh on the air, an experience somewhat akin to being gummed by a newt. It doesn't actually hurt, but it leaves you with slimy stuff on your ankle.

Donald Trump often appears on Fox, which is ironic because a fox often appears on Donald Trump's head.

A lot of people want to discredit me.

Sticks and stones may break bones, but words do more damage than most people can imagine. Especially name-calling. 'You're dangerous!' 'Deceived.' 'A false prophet.' 'A compromiser!' Charges like these by young-earth leaders, both spoken and implied, are intended to discredit, maim, and crush old-earth advocates, including me.

I've wrongly been called sick by newspapers and magazines throughout my entire career.

Donald Trump's negative enough, I don't need to add to that.

Dana White hides behind a microphone and behind a TV camera and spouts off and calls people names because he doesn't like their opinion.

I've had to deal with terrible things being said about me.

People go, 'Oh, Trump must be good for comedy,' and I go, 'Ehhh.'

I'm not on a slander campaign to ruin Jon Jones publicly. That's not what I set out to do.

When Trump started belittling him, Jeb reverted to Bush form. He couldn't understand how anyone could question his noble pursuit of public service. In the face of Trump's attacks, he looked hurt and stunned.

I understand why people could look at things that Donald Trump says and be deeply offended by them and feel that he is not looking out for their best interests.