“Of all the charges made against the Communists these days of congressional investigations, the charge of loose morals is seldom heard, so very loose have become those of "Christian" people.”

“It's often a bad sign when people defend themselves against charges which haven't been made.”

Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) British American author and journalist

“It was always the view of my parents… that hot weather encouraged loose morals among young people.”

Ian McEwan (1948) British author

“It is necessary to the administration of justice that every person who is accused of a crime should have an opportunity of being heard in his defence against the charge of which he is accused.”

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon (1732–1802) British Baron

“…the most serious charges are made nowadays, not against the religious values of the Old Testament, but against its ethical values…. the Sacred Scriptures of the Old Testament, which all Christians, of whatever denomination, treat with reverence, are spoken of in blasphemous terms which may not be repeated in this holy place.”

Michael von Faulhaber (1869–1952) German Roman Catholic Cardinal

““Are you yourself a Christian?”
The young man made a negative sign. “The concepts of religion baffle me.”
“This inscrutability is perhaps not unintentional,” said the ex-priest. “It gives endless employment to dialecticians who otherwise might become public charges or, at very worst, swindlers and tricksters.””

Jack Vance Lyonesse Trilogy

“… Satan is made interesting. This has been the charge of a thousand orthodox and even heterodox writers against Milton.”

Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) British journalist, businessman, and essayist

“There is a charge

For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge
For the hearing of my heart -
It really goes.

And there is a charge, a very large charge,
For a word or a touch
Or a bit of blood

Or a piece of my hair or my clothes.”

Sylvia Plath (1932–1963) American poet, novelist and short story writer

“The most important thing is not to think very much about oneself. To investigate candidly the charge; but not fussily, not very anxiously. On no account to retaliate by going to the other extreme -- thinking too much.”

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) English writer

“I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.”

Bill Maher (1956) American stand-up comedian