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To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process – Thomas Sowell	added by Normando 5 months ago
Only in exceptional circumstances will content-based restrictions be constitutionally permissible under the First Amendment, certainly, the Montana government has a compelling state interest in protecting the health, welfare, and privacy of its citizens, but the statute is so vague that it is virtually unenforceable. A vague statute is, by definition, not narrowly tailored, and as such it will wither under First Amendment scrutiny. – Lynn Greenky	Found on CNN 1 year ago
They were a group that defied easy categorization, and they tended to challenge – and in some cases, upend – the easy definition of American society into the categories of Black and White. – Eric Goldstein	Found on CNN 1 year ago
To me, progressive is forward thinking, moving into the future and building a better city, for too long, we have not followed that definition of progressive. Progressive is a city that works and functions and builds toward the future. – Joel Engardio	Found on CNN 1 year ago
With a term like ‘incel,’ and with any term of identity, the definition lies in how people use it to describe themselves and others, that explains why the origins of incel differ from its current usage, and why it’s so hard to arrive at one exact definition. – Brette Steele	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Their team is already testing this with brain organoids, and I would say that replicating this experiment with organoids already fulfills the basic definition of OI. From hereon, it’s just a matter of building the community, the tools, and the technologies to realize OI’s full potential. – Thomas Hartung	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The definition of insanity is decreed far too often by individuals with no proof they themselves are sane. – Meaghan Buisson	added by JokerGem 1 year ago
Demand in the US has collapsed, two months ago, your wait time was two or three months. Now you can get one immediately. They’re going to build more cars than they sell for a third straight quarter. It’s the definition of excess capacity. – Gordon Johnson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Continuing to push this nominee after signing that bill into law is the very definition of tone deafness, unfortunately, the Biden administration is sending a message to victims of sexual harassment in the workplace that they’ll only be believed when politically convenient. – Chuck Grassley	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The pandemic really made it clear that people who are renting their housing are insecure by definition. Their housing could be taken away from them in some cities for no cause and a massive rent increase is functionally an eviction, there’s just more and more stories. – Ryan Bell	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It did not adopt a platform at the 2020 convention. So, there is not a set of central principles on which it’s based. It’s whatever Donald Trump says people should believe at any particular moment, that’s not my definition of a party. – Christine Todd Whitman	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Reports of DHS’s involvement inefforts to be the arbiter of truth onwide-rangingtopics are extremely concerning, this is not DHS’s role,as evidenced by thefierce backlash against and ultimatedisbanding of the Disinformation Governance Board earlier this year. Simply put:The American people do not approve of the department engaging in unclear, unaccountable and opaque efforts led by the Biden administration’s ever-changing definition of ‘truth.’. – John Katko	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I believe the law would cover this piece, it was dismissed on technical grounds and I believe under the broad definition of what this law means under the statute, it should be covered. – Lawrence Kaye	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Dr. Gold is the definition of what a political prisoner looks like -- something I never thought I'd see here in the United States of America. – Congressman Gohmert	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In an economy that's 60 % driven by services, you can see how easily that outlook on spending in a narrow group of income earners has a bigger effect on a larger group of Americans, this is the definition of trickle-down. – Marvin Loh	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Yes, there may have been an undercurrent there of anti-Liz sentiment, but there is no way she would have had any trouble getting elected, her relationship with that portion of the party has been uneasy from the beginning, and they probably never totally embraced her because she has been the definition of an establishment Republican. But she was right on the policies. – Tim Stubson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Her relationship with that portion of the party has been uneasy from the beginning, and they probably never totally embraced her because she has been the definition of an establishment Republican. But she was right on the policies. – Tim Stubson	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Mr. Reffitt's reluctance to admit early that Guy Reffitt behavior is illegal is concerning, and I want to be very clear... under no legitimate definition of the term' patriot'( does) Mr. Reffitt's behavior on and around January 6 fit the term. It is the antithesis of the word. – District Judge Dabney Friedrich	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Everybody has a different definition. – Nir Eyal	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We don't even have a clear definition of what we are talking about. – Kaicheng Yang	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The people you're drafting into the fight against inflation when you raise interest rates and slow the economy are the most vulnerable, the purpose of raising interest rates is to take the air out of the sails of the economy. If it works, you are, by definition, going to have fewer jobs. Even small increases in interest rates, if they have the desired effect, will cause job losses and wage losses. – Robert Reich	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If there is no black-and-white definition for Covid deaths or Covid-related deaths or how these deaths should be reported then everything is just up to that expert panel to decide, that's the reality. – Jin Dongyan	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Open sourcing something by definition means you can see the code, but it doesn't mean you can understand the policies or influence the policies that lead to that code. – Vladimir Filkov	Found on CNN 2 years ago
There's a very easy compromise, we should define what serious human rights abuses are. Otherwise we have a definition you can drive a truck through, and you can sanction anybody in the world. – Senator Paul	Found on CNN 2 years ago

To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process

– Thomas Sowell

added by Normando
5 months ago

Only in exceptional circumstances will content-based restrictions be constitutionally permissible under the First Amendment, certainly, the Montana government has a compelling state interest in protecting the health, welfare, and privacy of its citizens, but the statute is so vague that it is virtually unenforceable. A vague statute is, by definition, not narrowly tailored, and as such it will wither under First Amendment scrutiny.

– Lynn Greenky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

They were a group that defied easy categorization, and they tended to challenge – and in some cases, upend – the easy definition of American society into the categories of Black and White.

– Eric Goldstein

Found on CNN
1 year ago

To me, progressive is forward thinking, moving into the future and building a better city, for too long, we have not followed that definition of progressive. Progressive is a city that works and functions and builds toward the future.

– Joel Engardio

Found on CNN
1 year ago

With a term like ‘incel,’ and with any term of identity, the definition lies in how people use it to describe themselves and others, that explains why the origins of incel differ from its current usage, and why it’s so hard to arrive at one exact definition.

– Brette Steele

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Their team is already testing this with brain organoids, and I would say that replicating this experiment with organoids already fulfills the basic definition of OI. From hereon, it’s just a matter of building the community, the tools, and the technologies to realize OI’s full potential.

– Thomas Hartung

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The definition of insanity is decreed far too often by individuals with no proof they themselves are sane.

– Meaghan Buisson

added by JokerGem
1 year ago

Demand in the US has collapsed, two months ago, your wait time was two or three months. Now you can get one immediately. They’re going to build more cars than they sell for a third straight quarter. It’s the definition of excess capacity.

– Gordon Johnson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Continuing to push this nominee after signing that bill into law is the very definition of tone deafness, unfortunately, the Biden administration is sending a message to victims of sexual harassment in the workplace that they’ll only be believed when politically convenient.

– Chuck Grassley

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The pandemic really made it clear that people who are renting their housing are insecure by definition. Their housing could be taken away from them in some cities for no cause and a massive rent increase is functionally an eviction, there’s just more and more stories.

– Ryan Bell

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It did not adopt a platform at the 2020 convention. So, there is not a set of central principles on which it’s based. It’s whatever Donald Trump says people should believe at any particular moment, that’s not my definition of a party.

– Christine Todd Whitman

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Reports of DHS’s involvement inefforts to be the arbiter of truth onwide-rangingtopics are extremely concerning, this is not DHS’s role,as evidenced by thefierce backlash against and ultimatedisbanding of the Disinformation Governance Board earlier this year. Simply put:The American people do not approve of the department engaging in unclear, unaccountable and opaque efforts led by the Biden administration’s ever-changing definition of ‘truth.’.

– John Katko

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I believe the law would cover this piece, it was dismissed on technical grounds and I believe under the broad definition of what this law means under the statute, it should be covered.

– Lawrence Kaye

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Dr. Gold is the definition of what a political prisoner looks like -- something I never thought I'd see here in the United States of America.

– Congressman Gohmert

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In an economy that's 60 % driven by services, you can see how easily that outlook on spending in a narrow group of income earners has a bigger effect on a larger group of Americans, this is the definition of trickle-down.

– Marvin Loh

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Yes, there may have been an undercurrent there of anti-Liz sentiment, but there is no way she would have had any trouble getting elected, her relationship with that portion of the party has been uneasy from the beginning, and they probably never totally embraced her because she has been the definition of an establishment Republican. But she was right on the policies.

– Tim Stubson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Her relationship with that portion of the party has been uneasy from the beginning, and they probably never totally embraced her because she has been the definition of an establishment Republican. But she was right on the policies.

– Tim Stubson

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Mr. Reffitt's reluctance to admit early that Guy Reffitt behavior is illegal is concerning, and I want to be very clear... under no legitimate definition of the term' patriot'( does) Mr. Reffitt's behavior on and around January 6 fit the term. It is the antithesis of the word.

– District Judge Dabney Friedrich

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Everybody has a different definition.

– Nir Eyal

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We don't even have a clear definition of what we are talking about.

– Kaicheng Yang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The people you're drafting into the fight against inflation when you raise interest rates and slow the economy are the most vulnerable, the purpose of raising interest rates is to take the air out of the sails of the economy. If it works, you are, by definition, going to have fewer jobs. Even small increases in interest rates, if they have the desired effect, will cause job losses and wage losses.

– Robert Reich

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If there is no black-and-white definition for Covid deaths or Covid-related deaths or how these deaths should be reported then everything is just up to that expert panel to decide, that's the reality.

– Jin Dongyan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Open sourcing something by definition means you can see the code, but it doesn't mean you can understand the policies or influence the policies that lead to that code.

– Vladimir Filkov

Found on CNN
2 years ago

There's a very easy compromise, we should define what serious human rights abuses are. Otherwise we have a definition you can drive a truck through, and you can sanction anybody in the world.

– Senator Paul

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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