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Innocence Quotes - Page 3

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.

Nadine Gordimer (1956). “Six Feet of the Country: Fifteen Short Stories”

One person's trauma is another's loss of innocence.

Jodi Picoult (2013). “Nineteen Minutes: A Novel”, p.236, Simon and Schuster

Survivors are so often re-victimized by a system that demands they prove their purity and innocence.

"Why Lena Dunham Spoke Out About Her Rape So Many Years After It Happened" by Danica Lo, www.glamour.com. December 10, 2014.

Credulity is the sister of innocence.

Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.250, Delphi Classics

If U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned.

"Ward Churchill’s Case To Win Back His Job At CU-Boulder To Be Heard By Colorado Supreme Court Today" by Matt Ferner, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 6, 2012.

I believe I am entitled like any other person to have the presumption of innocence.

"Oppn launches twin attempts to interrupt Parliament". "AM " with Naomi Woodley, www.abc.net.au. May 8, 2012.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1979). “Emile: Or, On Education”, p.217, Basic Books

We become innocent when we are unfortunate.

"Nymphes de Vaux". Book by Jean de La Fontaine, 1662.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

ROBERT SOUTH (1866). “SERMONS SEVERAL OCCASIONS”, p.43

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after.

Douglas Sirk, Jon Halliday (1971). “Sirk on Sirk: interviews with Jon Halliday”, Harvill Secker