A Quote by Leon Panetta

I'm going to give people the benefit of the doubt.

Leon Panetta

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Leon Panetta
American - Public Servant
Born: June 28, 1938

This is the hard part about having best friends that I feel no attachment to -- I don't give them any benefit of the doubt. And being best friends is always about the benefit of the doubt.

David Levithan

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

Thomas Carlyle

You're not a sucker. You're just nice. You give people the benefit of the doubt.

Sarah Dessen

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

Napoleon Hill

I tend to like people that are generous and give other people the benefit of the doubt.

Tina Weymouth

People always tend to give the benefit of the doubt to allow people to explain the context [of their words].

Keli Goff

It so saddens me that people don't give other people the benefit of the doubt in the way they'd want to be given it.

Louise Linton

I'm fair-minded, maybe. Maybe I bend over backward to give people too much benefit of the doubt. And I'll give credit where credit is due.

Elizabeth May

A bargainer is a black who enters the American, the white American mainstream by saying to whites in effect, in some code form, I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt.

Shelby Steele

I will be merciful, and I will believe in people. If I am to err, I will err on the side of mercy. I will give people the benefit of the doubt. I will bend, but not break, in order to give people the opportunity to grow and develop.

David K. Bernard

If you're a thorough professional, and they won't let you do a professional job, nobody's going to benefit from it. The people who produce it won't benefit. The people who buy it won't benefit from it. They're going to get a half-assed product.

Jack Kirby

I give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

Claudia Christian

I always try and be as positive as I can and give people the benefit of the doubt because, in my own experience - seeing myself fall so hard so many times in my life and do so many things where I lost my way so many times - and then people didn't give up on me, like my husband and my family.

Beth Hart

Reputation is a very interesting thing, and I always give people the benefit of the doubt, and I think that there's a part of all of us, especially in a generation where a lot of the stuff gets recorded.