„I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood.“

„The truth is, not one of is innocent. We all have sins to confess.“

—  C.W. Gortner American writer

Origine: The Confessions of Catherine de Medici

„With the dried blood stiff on my temples I climbed the hill, cursing the satanic way of men, yet knowing myself vile, for they had not known what they were doing, but I betrayed an innocent; and the tears— weak, whiskey tears— would not wash from my brow the blood of a little brother.“

—  Henry Williamson British ruralist and natural history writer 1895 - 1977

The Village Book (1930) – after a killing of a badger by villagers.

„I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors. AZ Quotes“

—  Zhu Rongji former Premier of the People's Republic of China 1928

„I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.“

—  E.M. Forster English novelist 1879 - 1970

This has sometimes been misquoted as: If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the decency to betray my country.
What I Believe (1938)
Origine: What I Believe and Other Essays

„I wish to say to you that I am innocent. I have never done a crime, some sins, but never any crime. I thank you for everything you have done for me. I am innocent of all crime, not only this one, but of all, all. I am an innocent man. I now wish to forgive some people for what they are doing to me.“

—  Bartolomeo Vanzetti Italian American anarchist executed by Massachusetts 1888 - 1927

Last words http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0823.html (April 15, 1920)

„Do you believe in the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation? Do you believe that the atoning blood removes the guilt of sin from the sin-stained soul? Ask the medium that. I have been asking that question all over the world for forty years: if there is any Spiritualist under the stars who believes that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin, and if I can find one who does, I am willing to apologize for all that I have said. I have never met one yet.“

—  A. C. Dixon American pastor 1854 - 1925

Heresies Exposed by William C. Irvine (3rd Edition, 1921)

„If the nation only knew their hands dripped with innocent blood, it would have met them not with applause but with stones.“

—  Georgy Zhukov Marshal of the Soviet Union 1896 - 1974

Quoted in "A Century of Violence in Soviet Russia" - Page 3 - by Alexander N. Yakovlev, Anthony Austin - Political Science - 2002 -

„Ignorance is not innocence but sin.“

—  Robert Browning English poet and playwright of the Victorian Era 1812 - 1889

„I have a head for business and a body for sin. Unfortunately, the sin appears to be gluttony.“

—  Jenny Colgan British writer 1972

Origine: Meet Me at the Cupcake Café

„This is a righteous judgement of God upon these barbarous wretches, who have imbrued their hands in so much innocent blood.“

—  Oliver Cromwell English military and political leader 1599 - 1658

After the Siege of Drogheda, where Cromwell had forbid his soldiers "to spare any that were in arms in the town" (1649)

„I have sinned against you, my Lord, and I would ask that your precious blood would wash and cleanse every stain until it is in the seas of God's forgetfulness, never to be remembered against me anymore.“

—  Jimmy Swaggart pastor, musician, teacher, television host, televangelist 1935

Address to his congregation (21 February 1988), as quoted in The New Encyclopedia of American Scandal (2001) by George C. Kohn, p. 365

„Father, bless me for I have sinned, I did an original sin… I poked a badger with a spoon.“

—  Eddie Izzard British stand-up comedian, actor and writer 1962

„Do you know, André, I sometimes think that you have no heart.'
'Presumably because I sometimes betray intelligence.“

—  Rafael Sabatini, libro Scaramouche

Origine: Scaramouche

„What terrible sins I have working for me. I suppose it's the wages.“

—  Peter Cook British architect 1937 - 1995

Bedazzled (1967)

„No one lusting for blood is ever innocent. Or satisfied. I have not been innocent. Or satisfied. Just as the man who wants silver will not be satisfied with silver, a man who wants the blood of another will not be satisfied with having that blood, nor the woman with jewels be satisfied with jewels, and the man who wants women will not be satisfied with women. Don't try telling me different. Haven't I looked about me in the city and seen how all labor is for the mouth, yet the appetite is not filled? Don't I know myself that no want is ever satisfied? Wishes are granted, goals attained. But wants? Forget them. They live as long as the person they inhabit.“

—  Joseph Heller, libro God Knows

God Knows (1984)

„In the past we believed both sexes were born with original sin. Today, we have come to unconsciously believe in the original sin of boys, but the original innocence of girls.“

—  Warren Farrell author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate 1943

page 103.
Father and Child Reunion (2001)

„I have a violence in me that is hot as death-blood.“

—  Sylvia Plath American poet, novelist and short story writer 1932 - 1963

Origine: The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

„In self-defense and in defense of the innocent, cowardice is the only sin.“

—  Dean Koontz American author 1945

„Translation: "I'd rather betray others, than have others betray me."“

—  Cao Cao Chinese warlord during the Eastern Han Dynasty 155 - 220

Statement in 190, after falsely killing Lü Boshe. Source: Sun Sheng Zaji, page 5 of Sanguo Zhi.
Originale: (zh_Hant) 「寧我負人，毋人負我！」