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Our nation should not rely on Russia to access space, but because it is simply immoral to help subsidize Russia's intervention in Ukraine and line the pockets of Putin's gang of thugs who profit from the sale of Russian rocket engines. – John McCain	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
These terrorists are killers, they are thugs, they are criminals, they need to be treated like that, not elevated as thought they are representing a religion because even if though they claim to, they are not. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
As Wisconsin legislators, we are constantly being challenged by some of the leaders in our larger communities to stop the violence, and I do not believe that disarming a certain segment of law-abiding citizens, our college students, leads to less violence. I believe, instead, it is providing criminals and thugs an easy target to victimize. – Jesse Kremer	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
These are the acts of thugs, violence is unacceptable ... there must be severe sanctions. – Prime Minister Manuel Valls	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I said 'this is all nonsense', the authorities put out the video of her saying that: 'You all are thugs.' Why not release the full video? And even if what she said was extreme, is that considered a crime? – Li Yuhan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They are thieves and thugs ... We will soon clear those areas and free the villagers. – The Taliban	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They are criminal thugs who have been carrying out brutal terrorist attacks, putting people's lives in danger, they boast of the brutality and violence they have been meting out to people, they boast of having sexual slaves. – Foreign Minister Julie Bishop	Found on CNN 8 years ago
He didn't know who anybody was, so I said 'Do you know Bone Thugs-n-Harmony?' and he kinda woke up. He was like, 'Yeah.'. – Steven Howse	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Not every collection of thugs that labels themselves al Qaeda will pose a credible threat to the United States. – President Obama	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs who -- in a very senseless way -- are trying to tear down what so many have fought for. – Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake	Found on CNN 9 years ago
(The city is being) destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for, tearing down businesses, tearing down or destroying property, things that we know will impact our community for years. – Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We are not overrun with college students, we are overrun with thugs, and that is the problem. It is impossible to pass laws that people who do not follow the laws will obey. – Bay County Commissioner Mike Thomas	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
When the police go out there in their uniforms, they don't see nothing but thugs, all they see is targets in the streets. – Joshua Williams	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an élite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a willful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses. – Richard K. Morgan	added by anonymous 9 years ago

Our nation should not rely on Russia to access space, but because it is simply immoral to help subsidize Russia's intervention in Ukraine and line the pockets of Putin's gang of thugs who profit from the sale of Russian rocket engines.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

These terrorists are killers, they are thugs, they are criminals, they need to be treated like that, not elevated as thought they are representing a religion because even if though they claim to, they are not.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

As Wisconsin legislators, we are constantly being challenged by some of the leaders in our larger communities to stop the violence, and I do not believe that disarming a certain segment of law-abiding citizens, our college students, leads to less violence. I believe, instead, it is providing criminals and thugs an easy target to victimize.

– Jesse Kremer

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

These are the acts of thugs, violence is unacceptable ... there must be severe sanctions.

– Prime Minister Manuel Valls

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I said 'this is all nonsense', the authorities put out the video of her saying that: 'You all are thugs.' Why not release the full video? And even if what she said was extreme, is that considered a crime?

– Li Yuhan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They are thieves and thugs ... We will soon clear those areas and free the villagers.

– The Taliban

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They are criminal thugs who have been carrying out brutal terrorist attacks, putting people's lives in danger, they boast of the brutality and violence they have been meting out to people, they boast of having sexual slaves.

– Foreign Minister Julie Bishop

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He didn't know who anybody was, so I said 'Do you know Bone Thugs-n-Harmony?' and he kinda woke up. He was like, 'Yeah.'.

– Steven Howse

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Not every collection of thugs that labels themselves al Qaeda will pose a credible threat to the United States.

– President Obama

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Too many people have spent generations building up this city for it to be destroyed by thugs who -- in a very senseless way -- are trying to tear down what so many have fought for.

– Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Found on CNN
9 years ago

(The city is being) destroyed by thugs who in a very senseless way are trying to tear down what so many have fought for, tearing down businesses, tearing down or destroying property, things that we know will impact our community for years.

– Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We are not overrun with college students, we are overrun with thugs, and that is the problem. It is impossible to pass laws that people who do not follow the laws will obey.

– Bay County Commissioner Mike Thomas

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

When the police go out there in their uniforms, they don't see nothing but thugs, all they see is targets in the streets.

– Joshua Williams

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Society is, always has been and always will be a structure for the exploitation and oppression of the majority through systems of political force dictated by an élite, enforced by thugs, uniformed or not, and upheld by a willful ignorance and stupidity on the part of the very majority whom the system oppresses.

– Richard K. Morgan

added by anonymous
9 years ago

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