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It’s been horrific what we’ve gone through, it really has, i would not want any other family to go through this, ever. – Jane Noel	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
As a result of the horrific, gross negligence of the defendants in this case, these two young people have lost their lives, they had every gift but the gift of time. – Attorney Mary Alexander	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Christians, Yazidis and other ethnic and religious minorities have been slaughtered and driven from their homes by ISIL’s horrific genocide. – Jeff Fortenberry	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We usually don’t know about these cases unless something horrific happens, but you have the son of a state legislator, a park full of people — and everyone has cellphones now — so we can only hope that parks will use this incident to re-evaluate industrywide protocols. – Ken Martin	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Just a total mental block on that first hole. It was just horrific, i think in the history of the PGA Championship, that's the worst start of any player's round. I'd have to look that up. – New Jersey Phil Mickelson	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Yet, in the midst of these horrific failings the VA managed to spend $20 million on high-end art over the last ten years—with $16 million spent during the Obama years. – Adam Andrzejewski	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Aussie Paralympian was absolutely horrific, i can see Aussie Paralympian clear as day in my own head... Aussie Paralympian was Aussie Paralympian. – Aussie Paralympian Liesl Tesch	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I don't want to paint a horrific perspective of what happened and almost rape them of their viewpoint of the world, i was very cautious in my approach. – Brandon Simmons	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The horrific murder of an innocent girl in her bed sheds light on the bloodlust and lack of humanity displayed by the terrorists we are facing. – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Open-pit mining as in the use of explosives is horrific for the environment. It's a cheap way to extract. And for the top most country vulnerable to climate change it's madness to even consider it, we must stop killing our future for the interests of a few. – Regina Lopez	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
We do not know the total costs for the victims of this horrific hate crime, therefore are working to raise as much as possible and disperse the funds as fast as possible. – Equality Florida	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Gay clubs hold a significant place in LGBTQ history. They were often the only safe gathering place and this horrific act strikes directly at our sense of safety. – Equality Florida	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
We have the power to act, and we must, the bottom line is that we allow dangerous people to buy guns in America and that has got to change. In the coming days, Congress must take a stand against hate, terrorism, and this horrific gun violence. – Dick Durbin	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It’s horrific. It’s unthinkable. – President Obama	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
The longer they are held by ISIS, the more horrific life becomes for Yazidi women, bought and sold, brutally raped, their children torn from them. – Skye Wheeler	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Habre's conviction for these horrific crimes after 25 years is a huge victory for his Chadian victims, the verdict sends a powerful message that the days when tyrants could brutalize their people, pillage their treasury and escape abroad to a life of luxury are coming to an end. – Reed Brody	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This scene is just so horrific, one minute, people are going about their day. The next minute, people are running for their lives. This is a terrorist attack in the heart of Europe. As our countries have always done, we must confront this together. – House Speaker Paul Ryan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
On behalf of my fellow Turnpike commissioners and everybody in the PA Turnpike family, we are all deeply saddened by this horrific tragedy, our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the deceased victims, the turnpike employee and the contractor. We cannot imagine what the families must be feeling right now. Certainly, today will be a day that none of us will soon forget. – Pennsylvania Turnpike Chairman Sean Logan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I am deeply saddened by today's horrific bomb attack in central Istanbul. – Charlie Flanagan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We strongly condemn this cowardly attack which appears to have targeted buses carrying Turkish military personnel. We stand with our Turkish allies in the face of this horrific act, which only strengthens our resolve to deepen our ongoing cooperation in the fight against terrorism. – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Words cannot express my shock and sorrow at the horrific events today in La Loche, my thoughts and prayers are with all the victims, their families and friends and all the people of the community. – Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Everybody's against slavery, all we have to do is enforce existing laws against something everyone agrees is pretty horrific, so to me that seems like a pretty good thing. – Kevin Bales	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is a horrific incident and those responsible need to be prosecuted, but from a public policy perspective, everyone at the city, state and federal level needs to re-engage in Brownsville and help the residents better pursue the American dream. Brownsville has been left behind as Brooklyn has become one of the hottest places to live in the nation. – Hakeem Jeffries	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The laws that we create don't stop these horrific things from happening. That is a very tough pill to swallow. – Taya Kyle	Found on CNN 8 years ago

It’s been horrific what we’ve gone through, it really has, i would not want any other family to go through this, ever.

– Jane Noel

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

As a result of the horrific, gross negligence of the defendants in this case, these two young people have lost their lives, they had every gift but the gift of time.

– Attorney Mary Alexander

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Christians, Yazidis and other ethnic and religious minorities have been slaughtered and driven from their homes by ISIL’s horrific genocide.

– Jeff Fortenberry

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We usually don’t know about these cases unless something horrific happens, but you have the son of a state legislator, a park full of people — and everyone has cellphones now — so we can only hope that parks will use this incident to re-evaluate industrywide protocols.

– Ken Martin

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Just a total mental block on that first hole. It was just horrific, i think in the history of the PGA Championship, that's the worst start of any player's round. I'd have to look that up.

– New Jersey Phil Mickelson

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Yet, in the midst of these horrific failings the VA managed to spend $20 million on high-end art over the last ten years—with $16 million spent during the Obama years.

– Adam Andrzejewski

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Aussie Paralympian was absolutely horrific, i can see Aussie Paralympian clear as day in my own head... Aussie Paralympian was Aussie Paralympian.

– Aussie Paralympian Liesl Tesch

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I don't want to paint a horrific perspective of what happened and almost rape them of their viewpoint of the world, i was very cautious in my approach.

– Brandon Simmons

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The horrific murder of an innocent girl in her bed sheds light on the bloodlust and lack of humanity displayed by the terrorists we are facing.

– Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Open-pit mining as in the use of explosives is horrific for the environment. It's a cheap way to extract. And for the top most country vulnerable to climate change it's madness to even consider it, we must stop killing our future for the interests of a few.

– Regina Lopez

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We do not know the total costs for the victims of this horrific hate crime, therefore are working to raise as much as possible and disperse the funds as fast as possible.

– Equality Florida

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Gay clubs hold a significant place in LGBTQ history. They were often the only safe gathering place and this horrific act strikes directly at our sense of safety.

– Equality Florida

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

We have the power to act, and we must, the bottom line is that we allow dangerous people to buy guns in America and that has got to change. In the coming days, Congress must take a stand against hate, terrorism, and this horrific gun violence.

– Dick Durbin

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It’s horrific. It’s unthinkable.

– President Obama

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

The longer they are held by ISIS, the more horrific life becomes for Yazidi women, bought and sold, brutally raped, their children torn from them.

– Skye Wheeler

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Habre's conviction for these horrific crimes after 25 years is a huge victory for his Chadian victims, the verdict sends a powerful message that the days when tyrants could brutalize their people, pillage their treasury and escape abroad to a life of luxury are coming to an end.

– Reed Brody

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This scene is just so horrific, one minute, people are going about their day. The next minute, people are running for their lives. This is a terrorist attack in the heart of Europe. As our countries have always done, we must confront this together.

– House Speaker Paul Ryan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

On behalf of my fellow Turnpike commissioners and everybody in the PA Turnpike family, we are all deeply saddened by this horrific tragedy, our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of the deceased victims, the turnpike employee and the contractor. We cannot imagine what the families must be feeling right now. Certainly, today will be a day that none of us will soon forget.

– Pennsylvania Turnpike Chairman Sean Logan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I am deeply saddened by today's horrific bomb attack in central Istanbul.

– Charlie Flanagan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We strongly condemn this cowardly attack which appears to have targeted buses carrying Turkish military personnel. We stand with our Turkish allies in the face of this horrific act, which only strengthens our resolve to deepen our ongoing cooperation in the fight against terrorism.

– Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Words cannot express my shock and sorrow at the horrific events today in La Loche, my thoughts and prayers are with all the victims, their families and friends and all the people of the community.

– Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Everybody's against slavery, all we have to do is enforce existing laws against something everyone agrees is pretty horrific, so to me that seems like a pretty good thing.

– Kevin Bales

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is a horrific incident and those responsible need to be prosecuted, but from a public policy perspective, everyone at the city, state and federal level needs to re-engage in Brownsville and help the residents better pursue the American dream. Brownsville has been left behind as Brooklyn has become one of the hottest places to live in the nation.

– Hakeem Jeffries

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The laws that we create don't stop these horrific things from happening. That is a very tough pill to swallow.

– Taya Kyle

Found on CNN
8 years ago

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