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“Unfortunately, the attitude of many towards the press, humanitarians included and especially government workers, is often one of suspicion, if not outright fear.”
“Indian writers in English are rank individualists. Even among the progressives, there is a strain of anti-leftism, or at least a suspicion of any organized politics.”
“Liberation movements – operating surreptitiously and conspiratorially – thrive on discipline and suspicion, and punish deviation or dissent.”
“Perhaps that suspicion of fraud enhances the flavor.”
“There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots – suspicion.”
“Italians tend to be less rigidly moral and law-abiding than do Anglo-Saxons. They also have a profound suspicion of the state and most of its agencies.”
“The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world’s richest source of rewarding challenges.”
“Conflict grows out of ignorance and suspicion.”
“The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.”
“We are always paid for our suspicion by finding what we suspect.”
“Like most dictators, Col Gaddafi detests the metropolis. His vision of Libya is a kind of Bedouin romantic medievalism, suspicious of universities, theatres, galleries and cafes, and so monitors the cities’ inhabitants with paranoid suspicion.”
“Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.”
“As I read, my suspicion that Jesus might really be the Messiah was confirmed.”
“Paper currency has hitherto been regarded with suspicion, as insecure.”
“A defence in the Inquisition is of little use to the prisoner, for a suspicion only is deemed sufficient cause of condemnation, and the greater his wealth the greater his danger.”
“Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion, given the historical record.”
“Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.”
“Indeed, throughout much of history and in many cultures, redheads have been viewed with suspicion and fear – and even killed – because of their hair.”
“Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.”
“From depicting the past, so goes the suspicion, it is a short step to glorifying the past.”
“When suspicion and hostility is allowed to fester, it can erupt into unrest.”
“I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it.”
“We have not learned the lessons of 9/11. This wrongful suspicion, racial hatred, and profiling is what I keep seeing.”
“Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium.”
“Suspicion is the cancer of friendship.”
“Suspicion and doubt lead to animosity and hatred.”
“I guess the Democrats have to pretend to be more pious than the Republicans because they are under suspicion of not being.”
“Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.”
“There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.”
“Suspicion always haunts the guilty mind.”
