Reputational Harm Quotes

The basic idea of defamation law is simple. It is an attempt to balance the private right to protect one's reputation with the public right to freedom of speech …. defamation law is often used by the rich and powerful to deter criticisms. It is seldom helpful to ordinary people whose reputations are attacked unfairly.

If someone feels they're being maliciously treated, then they should sue for libel. And if someone is malicious, if they are reckless, they will have no defence in law at all.

Theatre owners cannot threaten actors with defamation cases and take them to court or seek compensation for losses incurred.

At ev'ry word a reputation dies.

It's slanderous to report things I didn't say, to degrade my reputation, it's sickening to me.

I never wanted to launch legal action, but Cricket Australia simply left me no option. James Sutherland himself said that, to an extent, I had been made 'a scapegoat.' I find that a totally unfair basis to end my career. The damage to my reputation and career has been immense, which means the chances of me getting a senior job are that much less.

Abolish Fraternities: If a corporation had a division that didn’t fit their business model, failed to yield and adequate return or caused reputational harm they would get rid of it.

Immortal Spenser, no frailty hath thy fame but the imputation of this idiot's friendship!

Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.

Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society. They have replaced, after all, at least in most cases, a resort to weapons in defense of a reputation.

The murderer only takes the life of the parent and leaves his character as a goodly heritage to his children, whilst the slanderer takes away his goodly reputation and leaves him a living monument to his children's disgrace.

The tabloids so easily throw people under the bus for a one-day sensation on the newsstand but sadly don't care about the long-term damage it does to those involved.

Ordeal by publicity is the legitimate grandchild of ordeal by fire, water and battle … the damage to society generally resulting from the violence of unnecessary publicity are immeasurably greater.