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Even though the mask ban is just a small move under the Emergency Ordinance, it is a dangerous first step. If the anti-mask legislation proves to be ineffective, it could lead the way to more draconian measures such as a curfew and other infringement of civil liberties. – Willy Lam	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
This is an ancient, colonial set of regulations, and Christopher Cheung don't use them unless Christopher Cheung can't legislate anymore. Once Christopher Cheung start, there's no end to it. She could even invoke Article 23 under this, that gives her justification - I need more police powers, I need more draconian laws - it's so handy. She is completely destroying the rule of law. Only the government can really harm the rule of law, citizens can not. – Martin Lee	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
By providing individuals who have suffered the consequences of an unfair marijuana conviction with a path to have their records expunged and by reducing draconian penalties, we are taking a critical step forward in addressing a broken and discriminatory criminal justice process. – Andrew Cuomo	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We are very focused on 2020, our members know what's at stake from draconian gun control schemes, from gun confiscation to registration, so they will be out in force and The NRA will make sure of it. – The NRA	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The White House is having serious discussions with us in the Senate to try to resolve our dilemma about draconian cuts, we are not there yet. – Richard Shelby	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I told our caucus yesterday that this will be draconian. They probably haven't thought about it much because they think we'll take care of it. – Senator Shelby	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Hurricanes Irma and Maria have seen time and time again that colonial status is simply not working, look no further than the abysmal Hurricane Maria recovery efforts and the draconian PROMESA law to prove this point all too well. – Darren Soto	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Donald Trump has turned Donald Trump back on the very people Donald Trump promised to help. Remember how Donald Trump was going to help the middle class, the cops, the firefighters, construction workers, auto workers, farmers, teachers, home health care workers... so many folks in places like Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin who have been whipsawed by changing world economy and left behind draconian policies of this administration, everybody knows who Donald Trump is. We've got to be clear who we are, who we are. We've got to understand that we Democrats, we choose hope over fear. We choose unity over division and we choose truth over lies. – Joe Biden	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It is my hope that your draconian inquisitions are not returning this committee to the dark days of 16th-century England. – Doug Collins	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I'd rather be on the single pill a day with very little toxicities than risk something as draconian as a transplant. – Anthony Fauci	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
A lot of negative views are still in the market, but some of the more draconian fears about a continued lack of credit in the economy have been somewhat assuaged, we're seeing more lending to the private sector and higher quality growth. – Arjun Jayaraman	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
This is another draconian measure to actually criminalize dissent in the United States. – Scott Crow	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Taking a child away from their parent and interfering with the basic constitutional right to family unity, that's about the most draconian thing you can do and it needs the most compelling reason possible, deterrence is a policy measure that uses these children as pawns and violates the basic fundamental notion of what's in the child's best interest. – Lee Gelernt	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I do think that what's complicated for Democrats is that, while the majority of the country is probably centrist on immigration, if given the choice between what they feel is a very progressive, almost non-rule-of-law version of immigration and a very draconian view of immigration, they will choose the draconian view because they at least want some order in the system, that is one thing I do think Secretary Clinton did not do an ideal job of. ... To the extent that anybody cared about that issue, they voted for President Trump. – Leon FrescoFresco	Found on CNN 6 years ago
The cuts ... would be devastating to the constituents that HUD serves, everyone is extremely concerned. That cuts that were described were draconian and there is a great deal of angst right now among employees. – Holly Salamido	Found on CNN 7 years ago
I will never forget this moment, without this draconian law you can connect with us, you can govern us with fatherly affection, without discrimination. – Irom Sharmila	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
A large percentage of those executions are for drug offences and under Iran's current drug laws, possession of 30 grams of heroine or cocaine would qualify for the death penalty. So there's a number of draconian laws. – Ahmed Shaheed	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The remedies will obviously have some impact, but they are reasoned, rather than draconian, and the conclusion of the investigation should allow for increased regulatory stability. – Angelos Anastasiou	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
ATF has, and deservedly so, has taken it on the chin for operations like Fast and Furious, and it could be they have approval processes that are overly draconian. – John Malcolm	Found on CNN 8 years ago
In circumstances like this, a lot of people lose their heads, and call for the most draconian actions, terrorism is all about over-reaction, provoking an over-reaction. – Daniel Benjamin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
What happened in Sharm al-Sheikh last week, and to a lesser extent with the ... (Germanwings) aircraft, are game changers for our industry, they have to be addressed at industry level because no doubt the countries -- U.S., Europe -- I would think will make some fairly stringent, draconian demands on the way aviation works with security. – Tim Clark	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
That drastic, draconian move in bonds and violent updraft in oil are settling a little bit and that's helping us focus on stocks. – Art Hogan	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is a tragedy and the 10-year-old girl is being put through this because of draconian laws, her reality should spur a serious debate as to the risks to health and life such abortion laws have. – Monica Arango	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Bringing in something draconian like this is not a very good public health strategy. – Raina MacIntyre	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

Even though the mask ban is just a small move under the Emergency Ordinance, it is a dangerous first step. If the anti-mask legislation proves to be ineffective, it could lead the way to more draconian measures such as a curfew and other infringement of civil liberties.

– Willy Lam

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

This is an ancient, colonial set of regulations, and Christopher Cheung don't use them unless Christopher Cheung can't legislate anymore. Once Christopher Cheung start, there's no end to it. She could even invoke Article 23 under this, that gives her justification - I need more police powers, I need more draconian laws - it's so handy. She is completely destroying the rule of law. Only the government can really harm the rule of law, citizens can not.

– Martin Lee

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

By providing individuals who have suffered the consequences of an unfair marijuana conviction with a path to have their records expunged and by reducing draconian penalties, we are taking a critical step forward in addressing a broken and discriminatory criminal justice process.

– Andrew Cuomo

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We are very focused on 2020, our members know what's at stake from draconian gun control schemes, from gun confiscation to registration, so they will be out in force and The NRA will make sure of it.

– The NRA

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The White House is having serious discussions with us in the Senate to try to resolve our dilemma about draconian cuts, we are not there yet.

– Richard Shelby

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I told our caucus yesterday that this will be draconian. They probably haven't thought about it much because they think we'll take care of it.

– Senator Shelby

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Hurricanes Irma and Maria have seen time and time again that colonial status is simply not working, look no further than the abysmal Hurricane Maria recovery efforts and the draconian PROMESA law to prove this point all too well.

– Darren Soto

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Donald Trump has turned Donald Trump back on the very people Donald Trump promised to help. Remember how Donald Trump was going to help the middle class, the cops, the firefighters, construction workers, auto workers, farmers, teachers, home health care workers... so many folks in places like Delaware, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin who have been whipsawed by changing world economy and left behind draconian policies of this administration, everybody knows who Donald Trump is. We've got to be clear who we are, who we are. We've got to understand that we Democrats, we choose hope over fear. We choose unity over division and we choose truth over lies.

– Joe Biden

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It is my hope that your draconian inquisitions are not returning this committee to the dark days of 16th-century England.

– Doug Collins

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I'd rather be on the single pill a day with very little toxicities than risk something as draconian as a transplant.

– Anthony Fauci

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

A lot of negative views are still in the market, but some of the more draconian fears about a continued lack of credit in the economy have been somewhat assuaged, we're seeing more lending to the private sector and higher quality growth.

– Arjun Jayaraman

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This is another draconian measure to actually criminalize dissent in the United States.

– Scott Crow

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Taking a child away from their parent and interfering with the basic constitutional right to family unity, that's about the most draconian thing you can do and it needs the most compelling reason possible, deterrence is a policy measure that uses these children as pawns and violates the basic fundamental notion of what's in the child's best interest.

– Lee Gelernt

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I do think that what's complicated for Democrats is that, while the majority of the country is probably centrist on immigration, if given the choice between what they feel is a very progressive, almost non-rule-of-law version of immigration and a very draconian view of immigration, they will choose the draconian view because they at least want some order in the system, that is one thing I do think Secretary Clinton did not do an ideal job of. ... To the extent that anybody cared about that issue, they voted for President Trump.

– Leon FrescoFresco

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The cuts ... would be devastating to the constituents that HUD serves, everyone is extremely concerned. That cuts that were described were draconian and there is a great deal of angst right now among employees.

– Holly Salamido

Found on CNN
7 years ago

I will never forget this moment, without this draconian law you can connect with us, you can govern us with fatherly affection, without discrimination.

– Irom Sharmila

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

A large percentage of those executions are for drug offences and under Iran's current drug laws, possession of 30 grams of heroine or cocaine would qualify for the death penalty. So there's a number of draconian laws.

– Ahmed Shaheed

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The remedies will obviously have some impact, but they are reasoned, rather than draconian, and the conclusion of the investigation should allow for increased regulatory stability.

– Angelos Anastasiou

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

ATF has, and deservedly so, has taken it on the chin for operations like Fast and Furious, and it could be they have approval processes that are overly draconian.

– John Malcolm

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In circumstances like this, a lot of people lose their heads, and call for the most draconian actions, terrorism is all about over-reaction, provoking an over-reaction.

– Daniel Benjamin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

What happened in Sharm al-Sheikh last week, and to a lesser extent with the ... (Germanwings) aircraft, are game changers for our industry, they have to be addressed at industry level because no doubt the countries -- U.S., Europe -- I would think will make some fairly stringent, draconian demands on the way aviation works with security.

– Tim Clark

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

That drastic, draconian move in bonds and violent updraft in oil are settling a little bit and that's helping us focus on stocks.

– Art Hogan

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is a tragedy and the 10-year-old girl is being put through this because of draconian laws, her reality should spur a serious debate as to the risks to health and life such abortion laws have.

– Monica Arango

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Bringing in something draconian like this is not a very good public health strategy.

– Raina MacIntyre

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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