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A man who perceives danger yet chooses to slumber without warning those who might be affected by it exhibits cruelty. Such an individual, willfully ignorant of the potential consequences, will inevitably bear the weight of self-inflicted remorse and face the consequences of his indifference.

Christen kuikoua

added by ChristenKuikouafans
2 months ago

Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to themselves, and who were obsessed with fanatical zeal to improve the lot of mankind-in-the-mass through some pet formula of their own. The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional do-gooders, who attempt to set themselves up as gods on earth and who would ruthlessly force their views on all others - with the abiding assurance that the end justifies the means.

Henry Grady Weaver

added by Normando
4 months ago

I have been provided very little follow-up information regarding Roy’s death, it is still uncertain as to whether Roy died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, or if it occurred after an exchange of gunfire with the FBI.

Joseph Murtha

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My immediate priority will be to continue to protect every Scot as far as we possibly can from the harm inflicted by the cost-of-living crisis, to recover and reform our NHS and other vital public services, [and] to support our wellbeing economy to improve the life chances of people right across this country.

Humza Yousaf

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The seizure of Bruce’s Beach nearly a century ago was an injustice inflicted upon not just Willa and Charles Bruce but generations of their descendants who almost certainly would have been millionaires.

Janice Hahn

Found on CNN
1 year ago

For me, as president, a just peace is no compromises as to the sovereignty, freedom and territorial integrity of our country, the payback for all the damages inflicted by Russian aggression.

Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

And now that the legislators and do-gooders have so futilely inflicted so many systems upon society, may they finally end where they should have begun: May they reject all systems, and try liberty; for liberty is an acknowledgment of faith in God and His works.

Frederic Bastiat

added by Normando
1 year ago

I personally hope that he runs again. I think he will run. And if he does, I think he will win, we need a President Trump to go in there and fix all the damage that Joe Biden has inflicted on this country. And I'm rooting for President Trump.

Kari Lake

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The crime problem has been totally self-inflicted — you cut police budgets, you do things like eliminate cash bail and you have rogue prosecutors who wo n’t even enforce laws that they agree with — of course you’re going to have streets that are less safe.

Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

The Pentagon is facing a self-inflicted crisis it can’t spin its way out of, it’s impacting mission, manpower, and morale, and the current Commander in Chief is most to blame.

Darrell Issa

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

By filing these resolutions of inquiry, Republicans are setting our sights on critical issues we will investigate, including the Biden-inflicted border crisis, the devastating toll of the Biden administration’s collusion with teachers’ unions to keep children masked and schools closed, the collusion between the Biden administration and big tech, the weaponization of the Justice Department, and more, for the past two years in Washington, the Biden administration’s reckless spending, support for lawless open borders, and attacks against their political opponents have all gone unchecked by Democrats in Congress — and voting against these requests prove Democrats are running cover for the corrupt Biden administration — but Republicans are committed to accountability for the American people.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

He was a serial murderer, and each mention of his name is a trigger to the families he devastated, reopening wounds that we can only hope had finally started to heal, in the truest of ironies, Bulger's family has experienced the excruciating pain and trauma their relative inflicted on far too many, and the justice system is now coming to their aid.

Rachael Rollins

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It may be inflicted in one way for one set of descendants.

Yohuru Williams

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We went into a United States courtroom in North Dakota seeking some acknowledgement of and measure of justice for the trauma inflicted on our family.

Trevor Langford

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

What happened here is simple and straightforward -- terrorism, terrorism, domestic terrorism, violence inflicted in the service of hate and the vicious thirst for power that defines one group of people being inherently inferior to any other group.

Joe Biden

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If Russia attacks Ukraine, it'll be met with overwhelming international condemnation, the world will not forget that Russia chose needless death and destruction. Invading Ukraine will prove to be a self-inflicted wound. Russian President Vladimir Putin (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool).

Joe Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Whether it’s not being able to afford gas or groceries because of record-high inflation, rampant crime in our cities, a dramatic spike in the trafficking of fentanyl and human exploitation across open borders, or the disgraceful lack of accountability for the death of 13 young service members in Afghanistan - these problems were self-inflicted by Joe Biden and the extreme policies of the left, pennsylvanians have had enough.

Dina Powell

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

As to yesterday, it breaks my heart, that my friend, a President of a consequence, were to allow yesterday to happen, and it will be a major part of his presidency. It was a self-inflicted wound. It was going too far.

Lindsey Graham

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The responsibility for the violence of January 6 and the Insurrection on that day lies squarely with the people who inflicted the violence and those who encouraged it.

Nick Clegg

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The enormity of this settlement is due to one reason, and one reason only. And that is the sheer scope of the harm inflicted on class members.

David Sterns

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We show that, at least for Pharoah Amenhotep I, the priests of the 21st dynasty lovingly repaired the injuries inflicted by the tomb robbers, restored Pharoah Amenhotep mummy to its former glory, and preserved the magnificent jewelry and amulets in place.

Sahar Saleem

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Florida Democratic Party has so many self-inflicted wounds, republicans get to sit back and watch the dumpster fire.

John Morgan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

As far as we can tell, the scratching and bruising that you saw on his face were most likely self-inflicted.

Superintendent Eddie Johnson

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Those policies failed to stop the dying, failed to stop the infection from spreading, and inflicted massive health damage and destruction, particularly on working class and lower-income families and on our children, history's biggest failure of public health policy lies directly at the hands of those who recommended the lockdowns and those who implemented them, not on those who advised otherwise. Period.

Getty Images

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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