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The enemy fired 81 missiles in an attempt to intimidate Ukrainians again, returning to their miserable tactics. The occupiers can only terrorize civilians. That’s all they can do. But it won’t help them. They won’t avoid responsibility for everything they have done. – President Volodymyr Zelensky	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s been a difficult night, the enemy fired 81 missiles in an attempt to intimidate Ukrainians again, returning to their miserable tactics. The occupiers can only terrorize civilians. That’s all they can do. But it won’t help them. They won’t avoid responsibility for everything they have done. – President Volodymyr Zelensky	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It’s a tactic, this is definitely an attempt to silence her and an attempt to intimidate her. – Stacy Malone	Found on CNN 1 year ago
My head was spinning trying to understand his answers, chessy clearly understood the intent of the motion. She read it, she came to my wife and I and said, ‘They’re trying to silence me. They’re trying to intimidate me into silence. If they think they’re going to do that, they have another thing coming.’. – Chessy Prout	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Chessy clearly understood the intent of the motion. She read it, she came to my wife and I and said, ‘They’re trying to silence me. They’re trying to intimidate me into silence. If they think they’re going to do that, they have another thing coming.’ former New Hampshire Attorney General Delaney has a strong track record of upholding the rule of law, including taking action to protect vulnerable victims. – White House	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Every day that passes there are still more reports of new efforts not only to restrict access to abortion, but also to chill and intimidate women from seeking abortion and other reproductive health services even where they remain lawful. – Roe She	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The catchy and sinister term ‘shadow docket’ has been used to portray the court as having been captured by a dangerous cabal that resorts to sneaky and improper methods to get its ways… This portrayal feeds unprecedented efforts to intimidate the court or damage it as an independent institution. – Samuel Alito	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
This expanded exercise activity has a third purpose -- to intimidate the United States and Japan -- both of which have indicated their support for Taiwan, if you look at the rhetoric from January to April,( Chinese President Xi Jinping) and company were ramping up criticism of the United States and Japan, the latter over recent statements of support for Taiwan and its increased defense spending. – United States	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is not acceptable to create dangerous situations. It is not acceptable to intimidate officials. – Mark Rutte	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We, as we took over the investigation, made it clear to them that they should not be investigating any of these matters. Secondly, we asked that the commanders reach out to current employees as well as former employees to encourage them to participate. So any efforts to intimidate witnesses or prevent them from doing it would be inconsistent with that. – Roger Goodell	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Russia therefore wishes to use its military power to intimidate Japan in the hope that this will deter Tokyo from imposing further such measures. – James Brown	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The President may choose to characterize protests, riots, and incitements of violence as mere passion, but these attempts to influence and intimidate members of the federal judiciary are an affront to judicial independence. – Chuck Grassley	Found on CNN 1 year ago
May 9 is designed to show off to the home crowd, to intimidate the opposition and to please the dictator of the time. – James Nixey	Found on CNN 1 year ago
When the police are ordered to stand down and the arrests aren't made for vandalism all the way up through arson and serious assaults, I don't think it helps, i think it sends the wrong signal… And I think that I wouldn't call them protests -- I think there were legitimate protesters, but I also think there were thugs who were out to intimidate people. – Carolyn Kaster-Pool/Getty Images	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
They are probably just trying to intimidate us, to ... in a way threaten us not to say anything, to cause trouble to them and say anything political or related to human rights violations in China, i had concerns about her safety. The U.S. government did a good job protecting her. – Arthur Liu	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Trump's disgraceful firing of Ellen Knight is another stain on his presidency, those in the NSC and White House Counsel's office who tried to intimidate Ms. Ellen Knight, and then carried out Trump's personal vendetta, should be held to account. – John Bolton	Found on CNN 2 years ago
These actions seemed to be an effort to intimidate parents and control the optics by arbitrarily restricting the capacity of parents and community members allowed in the boardroom. – Dustin Clark	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Putin knows that when I am president of the United States his days of tyranny and trying to intimidate the United States and those in Eastern Europe are over. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Big Brother surveillance is part of a national campaign by teachers’ unions, activists and government officials to intimidate parents into silence. – Founder Nicole Neily	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think this is an opportunity that Putin is seizing. I think he feels that he can intimidate the U.S. and NATO, that he can extract concessions, that he can intimidate the Ukrainians, and that he can demonstrate that he's in charge to the Russian people, anything that seems to show that Russia is a great power. – Vladimir Putin	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I believe I was arrested on 9/17/21 to intimidate me and other parents and community members from continuing to speak out against the superintendent and five of the school board members, we believe we were intentionally targeted for arrest to silence our voices because we were speaking out against the school district for illegal activity. – Dustin Clark	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
SPS is disappointed by the Attorney General’s decision to use the power of his office to attack public education, this is an attempt to intimidate SPS, and while it will not prevail, it will unfortunately require considerable taxpayer resources to defend. – Stephen Hall	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think parents across this country are going to be stunned to learn — stunned — that if they show up at a local school board meeting, where they have the right to vote, and you are attempting to intimidate them, you are attempting to silence them, you are attempting to interfere with their rights as parents and, yes, with their rights as voters, this is wrong. This is dangerous. And I cannot believe that an attorney general of the United States is engaging in this kind of conduct. – Joshua Hawley	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
China wants to keep Taiwan in a box and it is using more and more coercion against Taiwan... They want to intimidate Taiwan. – Bonnie Glaser	Found on CNN 2 years ago

The enemy fired 81 missiles in an attempt to intimidate Ukrainians again, returning to their miserable tactics. The occupiers can only terrorize civilians. That’s all they can do. But it won’t help them. They won’t avoid responsibility for everything they have done.

– President Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s been a difficult night, the enemy fired 81 missiles in an attempt to intimidate Ukrainians again, returning to their miserable tactics. The occupiers can only terrorize civilians. That’s all they can do. But it won’t help them. They won’t avoid responsibility for everything they have done.

– President Volodymyr Zelensky

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It’s a tactic, this is definitely an attempt to silence her and an attempt to intimidate her.

– Stacy Malone

Found on CNN
1 year ago

My head was spinning trying to understand his answers, chessy clearly understood the intent of the motion. She read it, she came to my wife and I and said, ‘They’re trying to silence me. They’re trying to intimidate me into silence. If they think they’re going to do that, they have another thing coming.’.

– Chessy Prout

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Chessy clearly understood the intent of the motion. She read it, she came to my wife and I and said, ‘They’re trying to silence me. They’re trying to intimidate me into silence. If they think they’re going to do that, they have another thing coming.’ former New Hampshire Attorney General Delaney has a strong track record of upholding the rule of law, including taking action to protect vulnerable victims.

– White House

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Every day that passes there are still more reports of new efforts not only to restrict access to abortion, but also to chill and intimidate women from seeking abortion and other reproductive health services even where they remain lawful.

– Roe She

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The catchy and sinister term ‘shadow docket’ has been used to portray the court as having been captured by a dangerous cabal that resorts to sneaky and improper methods to get its ways… This portrayal feeds unprecedented efforts to intimidate the court or damage it as an independent institution.

– Samuel Alito

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

This expanded exercise activity has a third purpose -- to intimidate the United States and Japan -- both of which have indicated their support for Taiwan, if you look at the rhetoric from January to April,( Chinese President Xi Jinping) and company were ramping up criticism of the United States and Japan, the latter over recent statements of support for Taiwan and its increased defense spending.

– United States

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is not acceptable to create dangerous situations. It is not acceptable to intimidate officials.

– Mark Rutte

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We, as we took over the investigation, made it clear to them that they should not be investigating any of these matters. Secondly, we asked that the commanders reach out to current employees as well as former employees to encourage them to participate. So any efforts to intimidate witnesses or prevent them from doing it would be inconsistent with that.

– Roger Goodell

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Russia therefore wishes to use its military power to intimidate Japan in the hope that this will deter Tokyo from imposing further such measures.

– James Brown

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The President may choose to characterize protests, riots, and incitements of violence as mere passion, but these attempts to influence and intimidate members of the federal judiciary are an affront to judicial independence.

– Chuck Grassley

Found on CNN
1 year ago

May 9 is designed to show off to the home crowd, to intimidate the opposition and to please the dictator of the time.

– James Nixey

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When the police are ordered to stand down and the arrests aren't made for vandalism all the way up through arson and serious assaults, I don't think it helps, i think it sends the wrong signal… And I think that I wouldn't call them protests -- I think there were legitimate protesters, but I also think there were thugs who were out to intimidate people.

– Carolyn Kaster-Pool/Getty Images

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They are probably just trying to intimidate us, to ... in a way threaten us not to say anything, to cause trouble to them and say anything political or related to human rights violations in China, i had concerns about her safety. The U.S. government did a good job protecting her.

– Arthur Liu

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Trump's disgraceful firing of Ellen Knight is another stain on his presidency, those in the NSC and White House Counsel's office who tried to intimidate Ms. Ellen Knight, and then carried out Trump's personal vendetta, should be held to account.

– John Bolton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

These actions seemed to be an effort to intimidate parents and control the optics by arbitrarily restricting the capacity of parents and community members allowed in the boardroom.

– Dustin Clark

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Putin knows that when I am president of the United States his days of tyranny and trying to intimidate the United States and those in Eastern Europe are over.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Big Brother surveillance is part of a national campaign by teachers’ unions, activists and government officials to intimidate parents into silence.

– Founder Nicole Neily

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think this is an opportunity that Putin is seizing. I think he feels that he can intimidate the U.S. and NATO, that he can extract concessions, that he can intimidate the Ukrainians, and that he can demonstrate that he's in charge to the Russian people, anything that seems to show that Russia is a great power.

– Vladimir Putin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I believe I was arrested on 9/17/21 to intimidate me and other parents and community members from continuing to speak out against the superintendent and five of the school board members, we believe we were intentionally targeted for arrest to silence our voices because we were speaking out against the school district for illegal activity.

– Dustin Clark

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

SPS is disappointed by the Attorney General’s decision to use the power of his office to attack public education, this is an attempt to intimidate SPS, and while it will not prevail, it will unfortunately require considerable taxpayer resources to defend.

– Stephen Hall

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think parents across this country are going to be stunned to learn — stunned — that if they show up at a local school board meeting, where they have the right to vote, and you are attempting to intimidate them, you are attempting to silence them, you are attempting to interfere with their rights as parents and, yes, with their rights as voters, this is wrong. This is dangerous. And I cannot believe that an attorney general of the United States is engaging in this kind of conduct.

– Joshua Hawley

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

China wants to keep Taiwan in a box and it is using more and more coercion against Taiwan... They want to intimidate Taiwan.

– Bonnie Glaser

Found on CNN
2 years ago

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