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The economy has to keep going, it's a very strange feeling, you have posts, you have soldiers walking around with rifles. There’s sandbags. Buildings are covered, monuments are covered. – Anastasiya Koval	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We’ve witnessed the desecration of cherished monuments, like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Terry Fox Statue, displays of hate symbols, like the Confederate flag and the swastika, and all types of bad behavior that have taken away the freedom of our residents to live without fear, many residents have not slept for days due to the noise and disruptions. Many have been shut in by the crowds – a lockdown imposed by the protest itself. – Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I believe it was an attempt to discredit the hard work I put into removing the statues and monuments to my ancestor. – Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The President's decision to enlarge Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments again is a tragic missed opportunity — it fails to provide certainty as well as the funding for law enforcement, research, and other protections which Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments need and which only Congressional action can offer. – Utah Gov. Spencer Cox	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The past 18 months have seen historic change, from the pandemic to protests for racial justice that led to the removal of these monuments to a lost cause. It is fitting that we replace the old time capsule with a new one that tells that story. – Ralph Northam	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The past 18 months have seen historic change, from the pandemic to protests for racial justice that led to the removal of these monuments to a lost cause, it is fitting that we replace the old time capsule with a new one that tells that story. – Ralph Northam	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This represents a shift in the conversation about monuments from mere demands for removal to concern for what happens to statues after they're removed. – Jalane Schmidt	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Remember their sacrifice, their valor and their grace. Remember their smiles, their loves, their laughter, their essential vibrant and transcendent humanity, for while we stand amid monuments of stone, we must never forget that each of these markers, for those known and unknown, here at Arlington and far beyond, represent a precious life. A son, a daughter, a mother, a spouse, brother, a sister, a friend, a neighbor. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We are appealing to the people to go out to the streets and centers of the cities, laying flowers at monuments dedicated to this victory and to the heroes of the Second World War.And we realize that we are doing this for the moment under an occupation regime which has launched a war against its own population, we feel like victors. – Vladzimir Astapenka	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We see today on the streets in big cities in America defacing all monuments, defacing American history, disregard for American history, you disregard your past, you basically forsake your future because the only responsible way to confront the future, to advance in the future is by relying on, by studying your past, and American past and core element has been Judeo-Christian values. – Yoram Ettinger	added by RyanWiley 3 years ago
We see today on the streets in big cities in America defacing all monuments, defacing American history, disregard for American history, you disregard your past you basically forsake your future because the only responsible way to confront the future, to advance in the future is by relying on, by studying your past and American past and core element has been Judeo-Christian values. – Israeli Ambassador Yoram Ettinger	added by anonymous 3 years ago
During this time of our nation's unrest, which was a direct result of the heinous death of Mr. George Floyd, countless monuments across our nation were being defaced by protestors, many of those localities investigated the acts of destruction and subsequently charged the responsible parties well after the incidents were over. – Angela Greene	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Some people have taken these false doctrines to heart. The rioters pulling down statues thus see nothing wrong with desecrating monuments to those who fought for Unalienable Rights -- from our founding to the present day, this is a dark vision of America's birth. I reject it. It's a disturbed reading of our history. It's a slander on our great people. – Secretary Pompeo	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The President said very clearly to these state and local leaders, some of whom have made a determination to let these things happen, that it is not a free lunch, we are going to examine all of our funding mechanisms to these communities and to the extent that we have the authority, we will take into account their failure to protect these monuments. – David Bernhardt	Found on CNN 3 years ago
For too long, we have overlooked the inherent racism of these monuments, and for too long we have allowed the grandeur of the architecture to blind us to the insult of glorifying men for their roles in fighting to perpetuate the inhumanity of slavery. – Mark Herring	Found on CNN 3 years ago
They should have a specific museum for those monuments and statues - a museum that portrays the history of slave-owners, the history of the transatlantic slave trade is very cruel, it's not a good thing. However, we have to remember what happened in the past so we don't repeat what happened. – Anthony Bouadi	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Jefferson Davis was a racist traitor who fled our city as Jefferson Davis troops carried out orders to burn it to the ground, jefferson Davis never deserved to be up on that pedestal. July 1, we will begin the process the state requires to remove these monuments to the Old Richmond of a Lost Cause. – Levar Stoney	Found on CNN 3 years ago
There's a lot of wildlife out there, it's a bird sanctuary. It's a very, very peaceful location. And the fact there aren't individual monuments is part of the spiritual power of the place, knowing that over a million New Yorkers have been buried there. – Melinda Hunt	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Even the parts of the monuments that were retained by the administration are not protected under these plans. – Phil Hanceford	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
There were a lot of disrespectful people who were taking pieces of monuments. So a bit of protection won't hurt. – Federico Guerrinoni	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I know it will bother some people, but you could see something like this coming, there were a lot of disrespectful people who were taking pieces of monuments. So a bit of protection won't hurt. – Federico Guerrinoni	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I will say that it is important to maintain our history and that when we go and start changing monuments and street names that were named after famous Atlantans, famous Georgians, famous Southerners and in some circumstances... famous Americans... you are robbing the next generations of what actually transpired, and it's very serious. It's a very serious offense. – Will Dean	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The commission took a look at some of the more controversial monuments and put together a report, and it was clear after that initial review was done( that) there's not enough statues of women. – Deputy Mayor Glen	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Across the country, people were looking at controversial monuments and realizing that something should be done, that some monuments should be taken down, and new monuments should be introduced. – Deputy Mayor Glen	Found on CNN 5 years ago

The economy has to keep going, it's a very strange feeling, you have posts, you have soldiers walking around with rifles. There’s sandbags. Buildings are covered, monuments are covered.

– Anastasiya Koval

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We’ve witnessed the desecration of cherished monuments, like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Terry Fox Statue, displays of hate symbols, like the Confederate flag and the swastika, and all types of bad behavior that have taken away the freedom of our residents to live without fear, many residents have not slept for days due to the noise and disruptions. Many have been shut in by the crowds – a lockdown imposed by the protest itself.

– Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I believe it was an attempt to discredit the hard work I put into removing the statues and monuments to my ancestor.

– Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The President's decision to enlarge Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments again is a tragic missed opportunity — it fails to provide certainty as well as the funding for law enforcement, research, and other protections which Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments need and which only Congressional action can offer.

– Utah Gov. Spencer Cox

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The past 18 months have seen historic change, from the pandemic to protests for racial justice that led to the removal of these monuments to a lost cause. It is fitting that we replace the old time capsule with a new one that tells that story.

– Ralph Northam

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The past 18 months have seen historic change, from the pandemic to protests for racial justice that led to the removal of these monuments to a lost cause, it is fitting that we replace the old time capsule with a new one that tells that story.

– Ralph Northam

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This represents a shift in the conversation about monuments from mere demands for removal to concern for what happens to statues after they're removed.

– Jalane Schmidt

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Remember their sacrifice, their valor and their grace. Remember their smiles, their loves, their laughter, their essential vibrant and transcendent humanity, for while we stand amid monuments of stone, we must never forget that each of these markers, for those known and unknown, here at Arlington and far beyond, represent a precious life. A son, a daughter, a mother, a spouse, brother, a sister, a friend, a neighbor.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We are appealing to the people to go out to the streets and centers of the cities, laying flowers at monuments dedicated to this victory and to the heroes of the Second World War.And we realize that we are doing this for the moment under an occupation regime which has launched a war against its own population, we feel like victors.

– Vladzimir Astapenka

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We see today on the streets in big cities in America defacing all monuments, defacing American history, disregard for American history, you disregard your past, you basically forsake your future because the only responsible way to confront the future, to advance in the future is by relying on, by studying your past, and American past and core element has been Judeo-Christian values.

– Yoram Ettinger

added by RyanWiley
3 years ago

We see today on the streets in big cities in America defacing all monuments, defacing American history, disregard for American history, you disregard your past you basically forsake your future because the only responsible way to confront the future, to advance in the future is by relying on, by studying your past and American past and core element has been Judeo-Christian values.

– Israeli Ambassador Yoram Ettinger

added by anonymous
3 years ago

During this time of our nation's unrest, which was a direct result of the heinous death of Mr. George Floyd, countless monuments across our nation were being defaced by protestors, many of those localities investigated the acts of destruction and subsequently charged the responsible parties well after the incidents were over.

– Angela Greene

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Some people have taken these false doctrines to heart. The rioters pulling down statues thus see nothing wrong with desecrating monuments to those who fought for Unalienable Rights -- from our founding to the present day, this is a dark vision of America's birth. I reject it. It's a disturbed reading of our history. It's a slander on our great people.

– Secretary Pompeo

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The President said very clearly to these state and local leaders, some of whom have made a determination to let these things happen, that it is not a free lunch, we are going to examine all of our funding mechanisms to these communities and to the extent that we have the authority, we will take into account their failure to protect these monuments.

– David Bernhardt

Found on CNN
3 years ago

For too long, we have overlooked the inherent racism of these monuments, and for too long we have allowed the grandeur of the architecture to blind us to the insult of glorifying men for their roles in fighting to perpetuate the inhumanity of slavery.

– Mark Herring

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They should have a specific museum for those monuments and statues - a museum that portrays the history of slave-owners, the history of the transatlantic slave trade is very cruel, it's not a good thing. However, we have to remember what happened in the past so we don't repeat what happened.

– Anthony Bouadi

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Jefferson Davis was a racist traitor who fled our city as Jefferson Davis troops carried out orders to burn it to the ground, jefferson Davis never deserved to be up on that pedestal. July 1, we will begin the process the state requires to remove these monuments to the Old Richmond of a Lost Cause.

– Levar Stoney

Found on CNN
3 years ago

There's a lot of wildlife out there, it's a bird sanctuary. It's a very, very peaceful location. And the fact there aren't individual monuments is part of the spiritual power of the place, knowing that over a million New Yorkers have been buried there.

– Melinda Hunt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Even the parts of the monuments that were retained by the administration are not protected under these plans.

– Phil Hanceford

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

There were a lot of disrespectful people who were taking pieces of monuments. So a bit of protection won't hurt.

– Federico Guerrinoni

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I know it will bother some people, but you could see something like this coming, there were a lot of disrespectful people who were taking pieces of monuments. So a bit of protection won't hurt.

– Federico Guerrinoni

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I will say that it is important to maintain our history and that when we go and start changing monuments and street names that were named after famous Atlantans, famous Georgians, famous Southerners and in some circumstances... famous Americans... you are robbing the next generations of what actually transpired, and it's very serious. It's a very serious offense.

– Will Dean

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The commission took a look at some of the more controversial monuments and put together a report, and it was clear after that initial review was done( that) there's not enough statues of women.

– Deputy Mayor Glen

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Across the country, people were looking at controversial monuments and realizing that something should be done, that some monuments should be taken down, and new monuments should be introduced.

– Deputy Mayor Glen

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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