Character Assasination

I do not like quoting from other sources, but I happened to notice something succinct, so here goes (there's always a first time):

"Character assassination is at once easier and surer than physical assault; and it involves far less risk for the assassin. It leaves him free to commit the same deed over and over again, and may, indeed, win him the honors of a hero in the country of his victims." - Alan Barth (The Loyalty of Free Men,1951).

Here’s my quote:

“Times have changed since 1951. Means and speed of communication have altered dramatically. Even retribution from the almighty is substantially quicker. Shorter, sharper sentence construction is in style.” – Mathew Jacob (Unpublished, 2008).