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President Joe Biden has chosen to divide, demean, and disparage President Joe Biden fellow Americans. Why ? simply because they disagree with President Joe Biden policies, that is not leadership. – Kevin McCarthy	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I don’t want to demean these volunteers, they are very helpful, they specialize in disaster, finding bodies — that’s what they’re good at and bless their hearts they’re out there helping people, but from a forensic science standpoint, you’ll hear that it’s nothing other than a clue. – Paul Flores ' defense attorney	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
The bar isn’t very high for those on CNN. They usually aren’t interested in telling the truth, they are solely focused on their narrative, which, since Trump has been out of the White House, has been to continue to demean and damage his reputation. – Harrison Fields	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
How can someone insult and demean their own people to defend others when those that are being defended have no say in it or even have no animus towards the supposed offender? – Thomas Filingeri	added by strikerino 3 years ago
...don't demean yourself by trying to justify your venom. – Lady Edith	added by elisa_r 3 years ago
To see the president demean a great leader like Elijah Cummingsshows his own insecurity and his own lack of understanding about what progress really is. – Via Nancy DAlesandro Pelosi	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The contributions that they( African Americans) have made have been so spectacular to our country, so to see the president demean a great leader like Elijah Cummings, shows his own insecurity and his own lack of understanding about what progress really is. – Nancy Pelosi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Not just the hundreds, but now thousands of instances in schools across America, where children are citing the president as they’re demeaning a little girl, or they’re chanting ‘Build a wall’ in an attempt to demean and degrade brown children. – Chelsea Clinton	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I don’t demean my fellow citizens but treat everyone with dignity and respect, roy Moore has spent his entire life to use whatever position he was in to create conflict and division in order to promote his personal agenda. – Democrat Doug Jones	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Once again part of the liberal media, this time Vanity Fair, has written a story riddled with unnamed sources and false assertions, as a magazine tailored to women it is shameful that they continue to write salacious and false stories meant to demean Mrs. President Trump, rather than focus on President Trump positive work as First Lady and as a supportive wife and mother. – Stephanie Grisham	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Once again part of the liberal media, this time Vanity Fair, has written a story riddled with unnamed sources and false assertions, as a magazine tailored to women it is shameful that they continue to write salacious and false stories meant to demean Mrs. Trump, rather than focus on her positive work as First Lady and as a supportive wife and mother. – Stephanie Grisham	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The key to working through these (relationship) differences is focusing on that which you love, and putting boundaries around that which you don’t. You’ll also need to avoid the temptation to demean and humiliate your mate for their beliefs. It will take practice and incredible self-regulation, but success in these areas will greatly enhance the quality of your relationship. – Paul Hokemeyer	added by anonymous 7 years ago
Ronald Reagan didn't attack the people around him. He didn't demean the people around him. You know, he brought everybody together. – Michael Reagan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
They'll say whatever they can to try to demean him. It's not working. He's leading by double digits. – Michael Cohen	Found on CNN 8 years ago
There are different factions of (witchcraft). While it doesn't bother me to release that particular thing, I most assuredly do not want to defame or demean any particular practice. – Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I once heard at a wedding a father say, 'I sometimes have to hit my children a little but never in the face, so as to not demean them.' How nice, I thought, he has a sense of dignity, when he punishes, he does it right and moves on. – Pope Francis	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't necessarily think it's a conscious decision on the reporters part to demean women. Honestly, it's what fans are interested in, they want to hear about the glamorous fashions and who's with who. And I don't think they're asking men really deep, thought provoking questions either, for the most part. If I thought that, I would definitely have a problem with it. There is a lot of scrutiny of women's looks as opposed to men's, which is unfortunate. I think that's more the issue, why women are asked more about their looks than men. – Maitland Ward	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death. – David Sarnoff	added by anonymous 9 years ago
I think that their flight from and hatred of technology is self-defeating. The Buddha rests quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer of the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain or in the petals of a flower. To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha--which is to demean oneself. – Robert M. Pursig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"	added by anonymous 13 years ago

President Joe Biden has chosen to divide, demean, and disparage President Joe Biden fellow Americans. Why ? simply because they disagree with President Joe Biden policies, that is not leadership.

– Kevin McCarthy

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I don’t want to demean these volunteers, they are very helpful, they specialize in disaster, finding bodies — that’s what they’re good at and bless their hearts they’re out there helping people, but from a forensic science standpoint, you’ll hear that it’s nothing other than a clue.

– Paul Flores ' defense attorney

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The bar isn’t very high for those on CNN. They usually aren’t interested in telling the truth, they are solely focused on their narrative, which, since Trump has been out of the White House, has been to continue to demean and damage his reputation.

– Harrison Fields

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

How can someone insult and demean their own people to defend others when those that are being defended have no say in it or even have no animus towards the supposed offender?

– Thomas Filingeri

added by strikerino
3 years ago

...don't demean yourself by trying to justify your venom.

– Lady Edith

added by elisa_r
3 years ago

To see the president demean a great leader like Elijah Cummingsshows his own insecurity and his own lack of understanding about what progress really is.

– Via Nancy DAlesandro Pelosi

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The contributions that they( African Americans) have made have been so spectacular to our country, so to see the president demean a great leader like Elijah Cummings, shows his own insecurity and his own lack of understanding about what progress really is.

– Nancy Pelosi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Not just the hundreds, but now thousands of instances in schools across America, where children are citing the president as they’re demeaning a little girl, or they’re chanting ‘Build a wall’ in an attempt to demean and degrade brown children.

– Chelsea Clinton

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I don’t demean my fellow citizens but treat everyone with dignity and respect, roy Moore has spent his entire life to use whatever position he was in to create conflict and division in order to promote his personal agenda.

– Democrat Doug Jones

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Once again part of the liberal media, this time Vanity Fair, has written a story riddled with unnamed sources and false assertions, as a magazine tailored to women it is shameful that they continue to write salacious and false stories meant to demean Mrs. President Trump, rather than focus on President Trump positive work as First Lady and as a supportive wife and mother.

– Stephanie Grisham

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Once again part of the liberal media, this time Vanity Fair, has written a story riddled with unnamed sources and false assertions, as a magazine tailored to women it is shameful that they continue to write salacious and false stories meant to demean Mrs. Trump, rather than focus on her positive work as First Lady and as a supportive wife and mother.

– Stephanie Grisham

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The key to working through these (relationship) differences is focusing on that which you love, and putting boundaries around that which you don’t. You’ll also need to avoid the temptation to demean and humiliate your mate for their beliefs. It will take practice and incredible self-regulation, but success in these areas will greatly enhance the quality of your relationship.

– Paul Hokemeyer

added by anonymous
7 years ago

Ronald Reagan didn't attack the people around him. He didn't demean the people around him. You know, he brought everybody together.

– Michael Reagan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They'll say whatever they can to try to demean him. It's not working. He's leading by double digits.

– Michael Cohen

Found on CNN
8 years ago

There are different factions of (witchcraft). While it doesn't bother me to release that particular thing, I most assuredly do not want to defame or demean any particular practice.

– Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I once heard at a wedding a father say, 'I sometimes have to hit my children a little but never in the face, so as to not demean them.' How nice, I thought, he has a sense of dignity, when he punishes, he does it right and moves on.

– Pope Francis

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I don't necessarily think it's a conscious decision on the reporters part to demean women. Honestly, it's what fans are interested in, they want to hear about the glamorous fashions and who's with who. And I don't think they're asking men really deep, thought provoking questions either, for the most part. If I thought that, I would definitely have a problem with it. There is a lot of scrutiny of women's looks as opposed to men's, which is unfortunate. I think that's more the issue, why women are asked more about their looks than men.

– Maitland Ward

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death.

– David Sarnoff

added by anonymous
9 years ago

I think that their flight from and hatred of technology is self-defeating. The Buddha rests quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer of the gears of a cycle transmission as he does at the top of a mountain or in the petals of a flower. To think otherwise is to demean the Buddha--which is to demean oneself.

– Robert M. Pursig, "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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