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Time and time again Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has sided with those who want to destroy everything that is great about this country, whether it is sympathizing with terrorists, backing rogue regimes, or cozying up to those who want to inflict pain and misery on the British people. – Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We are in the midst of a spiritual battle with those who want to silence our message, the forces of evil will lie, cheat, steal – even inflict physical harm – if they believe it will silence and shut up Christian conservatives like you and me. – Roy Moore	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Brexit would inflict a blow on the EU that it can hardly afford given the euro zone and migration crises. Without the UK, the EU would be weaker, british business cannot afford a knock and global leaders are amazed that the UK would even consider leaving. – Chief Executive Andrew Mackenzie	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
What is most disturbing is Twitter's failure to act when Miss Banks actively supported and encouraged her fans to seek out the Palin's personal home address, break in and inflict harm on the Palin family. Especially when it’s now been proven that Twitter was alerted to these threats on their platform and the lengthy history of deranged stalkers with violent intentions who have broken into the Palin family's properties and been arrested, charged and convicted by local and federal authorities. This is not a laughing matter and far crosses the line of freedom of speech. – Sarah Palin	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
We can't inflict help on somebody, they have to ask for it, they have to want it, and we’re here to provide it as required, everything that the secretary said is really still on the table. – Sean MacFarland	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Few global events match epidemics and pandemics in potential to disrupt human security and inflict loss of life and economic and social damage, yet for many decades, the world has invested far less in preventing, preparing for and responding to these threats than in comparable risks to international and financial security. – Jeremy Farrar	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
After an unprecedented level of outreach by manufacturers and other stakeholders, the worst-case scenario was avoided, but make no mistake: the new ozone standard will inflict pain on companies that build things in America—and destroy job opportunities for American workers. – Jay Timmons	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The class action law in Italy is a swindle and has nothing to do with the real class action (cases) that you see in the United States, which, first and foremost, inflict punitive damages that have a concrete dissuasive effect. – Marco Ramadori	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The unnecessary costs and added uncertainty resulting from the administration's proposals could inflict more pain on the men and women who work in the oil and gas industry. – Barry Russell	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
My biggest concern here is that the more we frame this debate with vitriol, the more likely we inflict severe damage for the Jewish community. – Greg Rosenbaum	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We do know that once again, innocent people were killed in part because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun, at some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this kind of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn't happen in other places with this kind of frequency. It is in our power to do something about it. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I’ve seen him inflict wounds on himself, cut himself; break his collarbone and not seek any treatment. He’s just totally, totally fearless, and doesn’t respond to pain. – Gabriel DiBernardo	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
It's one of the great paradoxes of our time that the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm. – President Obama	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Just as we're all connected like never before, we have to work together like never before, both to seize opportunities but also meet the challenges of this information age, it's one of the great paradoxes of our time that the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm. – President Obama	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The aim was to inflict the largest number of casualties. – Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher	Found on CNN 9 years ago
North Korea's actions were intended to inflict significant harm on a U.S. business and suppress the right of American citizens to express themselves, we are deeply concerned about the destructive nature of this attack on a private sector entity and the ordinary citizens who worked there. – The FBI	Found on CNN 9 years ago
In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle. – Alexis de Tocqueville	added by anonymous 9 years ago
If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures. – Carl Jung	added by anonymous 10 years ago
When you run into someone who is disagreeable to others, you may be sure he is uncomfortable with himself; the amount of pain we inflict upon others is directly proportional to the amount we feel within us. – Sydney J. Harris	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Far different is the power of our sovereignty. It can interfere with no one's faith, prescribe forms of worship for no one's observance, inflict no punishment but after well-ascertained guilt, the result of investigation under rules prescribed by the Constitution itself. – William Henry Harrison	added by anonymous 10 years ago
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives. – Cyril Connolly	added by anonymous 10 years ago
It is my hope that as the Negro plunges deeper into the quest for freedom and justice he will plunge even deeper into the philosophy of non-violence. The Negro all over the South must come to the point that he can say to his white brother: We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. We will not hate you, but we will not obey your evil laws. We will soon wear you down by pure capacity to suffer. – Martin Luther King, Jr.	added by anonymous 10 years ago
It should be noted that when he seizes a state the new ruler ought to determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He should inflict them once and for all, and not have to renew them every day. – Niccolò Machiavelli	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Have the wild things no moral or legal rights? What right has man to inflict such long and fearful agony on a fellow creature, simply because that creature does not speak his language? – Ernest Thompson Seton	added by anonymous 13 years ago

Time and time again Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson has sided with those who want to destroy everything that is great about this country, whether it is sympathizing with terrorists, backing rogue regimes, or cozying up to those who want to inflict pain and misery on the British people.

– Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We are in the midst of a spiritual battle with those who want to silence our message, the forces of evil will lie, cheat, steal – even inflict physical harm – if they believe it will silence and shut up Christian conservatives like you and me.

– Roy Moore

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Brexit would inflict a blow on the EU that it can hardly afford given the euro zone and migration crises. Without the UK, the EU would be weaker, british business cannot afford a knock and global leaders are amazed that the UK would even consider leaving.

– Chief Executive Andrew Mackenzie

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

What is most disturbing is Twitter's failure to act when Miss Banks actively supported and encouraged her fans to seek out the Palin's personal home address, break in and inflict harm on the Palin family. Especially when it’s now been proven that Twitter was alerted to these threats on their platform and the lengthy history of deranged stalkers with violent intentions who have broken into the Palin family's properties and been arrested, charged and convicted by local and federal authorities. This is not a laughing matter and far crosses the line of freedom of speech.

– Sarah Palin

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

We can't inflict help on somebody, they have to ask for it, they have to want it, and we’re here to provide it as required, everything that the secretary said is really still on the table.

– Sean MacFarland

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Few global events match epidemics and pandemics in potential to disrupt human security and inflict loss of life and economic and social damage, yet for many decades, the world has invested far less in preventing, preparing for and responding to these threats than in comparable risks to international and financial security.

– Jeremy Farrar

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

After an unprecedented level of outreach by manufacturers and other stakeholders, the worst-case scenario was avoided, but make no mistake: the new ozone standard will inflict pain on companies that build things in America—and destroy job opportunities for American workers.

– Jay Timmons

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The class action law in Italy is a swindle and has nothing to do with the real class action (cases) that you see in the United States, which, first and foremost, inflict punitive damages that have a concrete dissuasive effect.

– Marco Ramadori

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The unnecessary costs and added uncertainty resulting from the administration's proposals could inflict more pain on the men and women who work in the oil and gas industry.

– Barry Russell

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

My biggest concern here is that the more we frame this debate with vitriol, the more likely we inflict severe damage for the Jewish community.

– Greg Rosenbaum

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We do know that once again, innocent people were killed in part because someone who wanted to inflict harm had no trouble getting their hands on a gun, at some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this kind of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn't happen in other places with this kind of frequency. It is in our power to do something about it.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I’ve seen him inflict wounds on himself, cut himself; break his collarbone and not seek any treatment. He’s just totally, totally fearless, and doesn’t respond to pain.

– Gabriel DiBernardo

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

It's one of the great paradoxes of our time that the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm.

– President Obama

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Just as we're all connected like never before, we have to work together like never before, both to seize opportunities but also meet the challenges of this information age, it's one of the great paradoxes of our time that the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm.

– President Obama

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The aim was to inflict the largest number of casualties.

– Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher

Found on CNN
9 years ago

North Korea's actions were intended to inflict significant harm on a U.S. business and suppress the right of American citizens to express themselves, we are deeply concerned about the destructive nature of this attack on a private sector entity and the ordinary citizens who worked there.

– The FBI

Found on CNN
9 years ago

In democratic ages men rarely sacrifice themselves for another, but they show a general compassion for all the human race. One never sees them inflict pointless suffering, and they are glad to relieve the sorrows of others when they can do so without much trouble to themselves. They are not disinterested, but they are gentle.

– Alexis de Tocqueville

added by anonymous
9 years ago

If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.

– Carl Jung