Disrepute

Disrepute occurs when someone is generally disliked or rumored to have poor character.

Quotes

 * "If we have to have a choice between dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we'd rather be alive and have the bad image."
 * Golda Meir, as quoted in As Good as Golda : The Warmth and Wisdom of Israel's Prime Minister (1970) edited by Israel Shenker and Mary Shenker, p. 26