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Lenin is said to have declared that the best way to destroy the Capitalistic System was to debauch the currency... Lenin was certainly right. There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million can diagnose.

John Maynard Keynes

added by Normando
1 year ago

We excommunicate any member who engages in such behavior. It is a criminal offense and should be dealt with at the courts like in Momberume's case.

Nyasha Marange

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Our leaders have been preaching against that, we excommunicate any member who engages in such behavior. It is a criminal offense and should be dealt with at the courts like in Momberume's case.

Nyasha Marange

Found on CNN
2 years ago

In the wake of a number of recent tragedies, law enforcement around the nation is reexamining the way it engages with individuals who come into contact with the criminal justice system, i am directing the Department's law enforcement components to revise their policies to explicitly prohibit the use of chokeholds and the carotid restraint technique unless deadly force is authorized, and to limit the circumstances in which agents may seek to enter a dwelling pursuant to a warrant without complying with the' knock and announce' rule.

Lisa Monaco

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It will determine whether Louisville Metro Police Department engages in unconstitutional stops, searches and seizures, as well as whether Justice Department unlawfully executes search warrants on private homes.

Breonna Taylor

Found on CNN
3 years ago

When a nonprofit that engages in advocacy is supported by a small number of wealthy individuals or big corporations, disclosure is even more important so the public can make its own judgements about whether there is a hidden agenda, when it comes to state-level regulation of charities, filing delinquencies and problems in one state can definitely affect a nonprofit's standing in others.

Peter Flaherty

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Whenever we engage – Coast Guard engages in a search and rescue effort – we are hopeful, you ca n’t do this workif you are not optimistic, if you are not hopeful when you do it.SoI will tell you that we remain hopeful.

Will Watson

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

We’ve seen a disturbing increase in these incidents.... We’ll take the strongest possible enforcement action against any passenger who engages in it.

Steve Dickson

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

When the U.S. engages in military sales with foreign governments, we do so with the understanding that our military technology will not be used to help our adversaries, in the case of the UAE, as well as with any other country, we must be guaranteed that they are protecting our technology - in this case, the crown jewel of the F-35 - and not sharing it with our adversaries like Russia, China, and Iran.

Joel Rubin

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Foreign military sales are a diplomatic tool used to advance our relationships, but they can not come at the expense of our security, when the U.S. engages in military sales with foreign governments, we do so with the understanding that our military technology will not be used to help our adversaries.

Joel Rubin

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The short-term lending the Fed engages in is quickly repaid by the financial institutions in question, even when, as in this case, the Fed has decided to dramatically scale up certain categories of lending in response to a market downturn.

Richard Morrison

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The Fed is lending to banks and strategically purchasing assets, not handing over bailout payments to anyone. AOCs comparison to student loan payment is inapt. Todays liquidity injection is not the bank or corporate equivalent of someones loans getting paid off by taxpayers, the short-term lending the Fed engages in is quickly repaid by the financial institutions in question, even when, as in this case, the Fed has decided to dramatically scale up certain categories of lending in response to a market downturn.

Richard Morrison

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Moscow generally feels that pressure is the wrong track to take with North Korea, yet if Pyongyang engages in more provocations in the coming year this could be a serious test for both China and Russia's tolerance of North Korea.

Anthony Rinna

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The teacher then engages in a physical assault of that student, the nature of that assault was extraordinarily violent, and that conduct is criminal in nature.

Police Chief Hank Stawinski

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I am afraid that, if Pompeo engages in the talks again, the table will be lousy once again and the talks will become entangled, therefore, even in the case of possible resumption of the dialogue with the United States, I wish our dialogue counterpart would be not Pompeo but other person who is more careful and mature in communicating with us.

Kwon Jong Gun

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

He is not someone who enters into every conversation but when he engages on an issue, he has a way of bringing the room together.

Mike Sommers

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Justin, like all of us, is just looking for a way to be the most effective and efficient he can be, when we're debating, he engages in debate and offers a ton of valuable comments and I think that's invaluable for all of us.

Andy Biggs

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We do not believe that the production of' La Parodia' engages in this type of practice.

Olmos Cruz

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This is someone who's spent her whole career explaining one of the most complex, arcane areas of law to law students, that's how she engages with voters. If she gives an answer and someone has a follow-up, she digs right in. If someone doesn't understand her point, she tries another way to explain it.

Katie Porter

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It is not unusual -- and frankly it can be quite beneficial -- to advancing American interests for the spouse of a cabinet secretary to occasionally travel with him or her. The spouse often engages in separate encounters during such trips meeting with local officials and participating in cultural or educational engagements that flesh out and help inform America's foreign policy.

John Kirby

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The basic idea is to use a video game that engages a player in an immersive way, which we think is critical, and challenging them appropriately to their ability.

Adam Gazzaley

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The record evidence demonstrates that Harvard's race-based admissions process significantly disadvantages Asian-American applicants compared to applicants of other racial groups -- including both white applicants and applicants from other racial minority groups, the evidence, moreover, shows that Harvard provides no meaningful criteria to cabin its use of race ; uses a vague' personal rating' that harms Asian-American applicants' chances for admission and may be infected with racial bias ; engages in unlawful racial balancing ; and has never seriously considered race-neutral alternatives in its more than 45 years of using race to make admissions decisions.

Justice Department

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There's a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door.

Peter Navarro

Found on CNN
6 years ago

We warmly welcome President Trump’s strategy, which shows U.S. sustainable commitment for a stable Afghanistan, but the presence of large numbers of U.S. troops on the ground and air strikes will not help to achieve the goals, unless the U.S. engages with our local population who are willing and effective to fight terrorism on the ground.

Abdul Rashid Dostum

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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