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Europe’s efforts to address this colossal refugee crisis have been lamentable, the atrocious conditions in migrant camps within and on the borders of the richest countries on earth is a source of shame. – Keith Vaz	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
While attempting to unblock the road, in keeping with the laws that pertain to a public way, a lamentable situation occurred...that is being investigated by the local prosecutor's office, the circumstances that led to guns being used need to be investigated. – Jorge Burgos	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
there are those bad practices, that reveal the mostsacred of our human nature,and such practices, as I have already implied,ar e so unsound and lamentable as not to be admitted. – Lot Chakonza	added by anonymous 12 years ago
.... You ask, What is our policy? I will say; "It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy." You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory - victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival. – Sir Winston Churchill, 1940, in his first address as the newly appointed Prime Minister.	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. – George Santayana, Life of Reason (1905) vol. 1, ch. 10	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Happiness is the only sanction of life where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. – George Santayana	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Europe’s efforts to address this colossal refugee crisis have been lamentable, the atrocious conditions in migrant camps within and on the borders of the richest countries on earth is a source of shame.

– Keith Vaz

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

While attempting to unblock the road, in keeping with the laws that pertain to a public way, a lamentable situation occurred...that is being investigated by the local prosecutor's office, the circumstances that led to guns being used need to be investigated.

– Jorge Burgos

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

there are those bad practices, that reveal the mostsacred of our human nature,and such practices, as I have already implied,ar e so unsound and lamentable as not to be admitted.

– Lot Chakonza

added by anonymous
12 years ago

.... You ask, What is our policy? I will say; "It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy." You ask, What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory - victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.

– Sir Winston Churchill, 1940, in his first address as the newly appointed Prime Minister.

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.

– George Santayana, Life of Reason (1905) vol. 1, ch. 10

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Happiness is the only sanction of life where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.

– George Santayana

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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