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I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plan to indulge in benevolent and charitable sentiment through the appropriation of public funds... I find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution. – Grover Cleveland	added by Normando 2 months ago
So low and hopeless are the finances of the United States, that, the year before last Congress was obliged to borrow money even, to pay the interest of the principal which we had borrowed before. This wretched resource of turning interest into principal, is the most humiliating and disgraceful measure that a nation could take, and approximates with rapidity to absolute ruin: Yet it is the inevitable and certain consequence of such a system as the existing Confederation. – William Richardson Davie	added by Normando 4 months ago
They will be obliged because of the internal political pressure, we represent an internal force that cannot be ignored, neither by the military nor by the rebels. – Mahamat Idriss	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
Throughout the past four years, I worked with Assistant Attorney General Clark on various legislative matters. When President Trump asked if I would make an introduction, I obliged. – Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
It took a lengthy replay review to confirm the initial call and when the official made the announcement Penix knew was coming, the wild celebration began inside the mostly empty stadium. Allen needed to pull out every trick in the book, too, especially afterSean Cliffordhooked up with Jahan Dotson on a 60-yard TD pass to give Penn State Penn State first lead of the second half, 21-20 with 2:30 left in regulation. Penn State sacked Penix on the next two plays, forced him to throw the ball away on third and an incompletion on fourth, taking the ball back on down at the Indiana 14. This time, Allen called for the defense to give up the touchdown, hoping for one more possession, and Devyn Ford obliged with a TD run that gave Penn State a 28-20 lead. We went through that situation this week. We went through that situation on the sideline. Obviously, we could have handled it better and I could have handled it better. – Penn State coach James Franklin	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Our conviction is that the... administration has become so obliged and indebted to China that it can no longer provide essential services to protect its citizens' public health, it is time for Malaita people to see whether they are still willing to be part of a country( whose) leadership is becoming dictatorial. – Daniel Suidani	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Our appeal is that the clubs who think they shouldn't return are not punished, the opening phase is not obligatory, if a player that is obliged to return turns up tomorrow with COVID-19 and dies then people are going to say, we came back too soon. – Marcelo Crivella	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
The government does not agree with the courts decision, which it considers to be risky and damaging in terms of Europes security, at the same time, as a member of the European Union, naturally we are obliged to comply with every court decision, and we will comply. – Gergely Gulyas	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I feel obliged to make sure that our efforts are as ambitious as they were when we started. – Indiana Jones	Found on CNN 4 years ago
We have received the letters from the prosecutors with the allegations, we will undertake the actions that we are obliged to undertake and will most probably declare them 'persona non grata'. – Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We call on the Minister to not only retract the Correction Directions but also issue an immediate, unambiguous and public apology to the SDP... failing which we will be obliged to pursue the matter in a court of law. – Singapore Democratic Party	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Recently I asked the company to allow me to leave Fox News. After requesting that I stay, they obliged. Under our agreement, I won't be reporting elsewhere, at least in the near future. – Shepard Smith	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Gentlemen, I give you Cologne. Letsknock the hell out of it, and Clarence Smoyer obliged. – Clarence Smoyer	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Our development of the latest systems and weapons that are really unparalleled in the world was caused -- and, it can be said, provoked -- by the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, we were simply forced and were obliged, of course, to ensure the security of our people and our country. – Vladimir Putin	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Government needs to threaten the obliged industries and say 'listen, if you guys don't clean up your act, I will impose a tax'. – Casper Durandt	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I felt obliged to do this. – Cristina Fernndez	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Exchanges are obliged to have KYC (know-your-customer) processes in place. In practice, many of them do not do this properly, people can open fake accounts, and deposit the funds to that account. – Pawel Alexsander	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
In addition to strengthening investors' confidence with the local market, the new law will raise the value of the debtors' assets, since they will not be obliged to sell for low prices through an enforced liquidation, the realized value of the last three auctions was at 30 percent of market value in a normal buyer-and-seller market, which would have significantly jeopardized the recovery ratio for all creditors. – Ahmed Ismail	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We are obliged to act when directed to do so and the matter is beyond our control. – Econet Wireless	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Ms Semenya, like all athletes, is entitled to compete the way she was born without being obliged to alter her body by any medical means. – Norton Rose Fulbright	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
These included Pimlico's tight control over Mr Smith's attire and the administrative aspects of any job, the severe terms as to when and how much it was obliged to pay him, and the suite of covenants restricting his working activities following termination. – Supreme Court	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The coach, while he is a RFEF employee can not do things in this way. I found out with a phone call five minutes before the official announcement. We feel obliged to take this decision, if anyone wants to talk to one of our employees, they have to speak to us, too. It's that basic. This is a Spain national team that represents all Spaniards, it's the most important team we have and World Cup is the biggest stage of them all. – Luis Rubiales	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I expect foreign inflows will pick up toward the end of trading day as passive funds are obliged to buy China stocks ahead of the inclusion, to some extent, it would help lift sentiment in a weak market. – Yang Hai	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
To be on board and confronted by a safety video you’re obliged to watch set in Antarctica is beyond ironic, it is the ultimate insensitive insult to the families, both immediate and wider. – David Ling	Found on FOX News 6 years ago

I feel obliged to withhold my approval of the plan to indulge in benevolent and charitable sentiment through the appropriation of public funds... I find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution.

– Grover Cleveland

added by Normando
2 months ago

So low and hopeless are the finances of the United States, that, the year before last Congress was obliged to borrow money even, to pay the interest of the principal which we had borrowed before. This wretched resource of turning interest into principal, is the most humiliating and disgraceful measure that a nation could take, and approximates with rapidity to absolute ruin: Yet it is the inevitable and certain consequence of such a system as the existing Confederation.

– William Richardson Davie

added by Normando
4 months ago

They will be obliged because of the internal political pressure, we represent an internal force that cannot be ignored, neither by the military nor by the rebels.

– Mahamat Idriss

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

Throughout the past four years, I worked with Assistant Attorney General Clark on various legislative matters. When President Trump asked if I would make an introduction, I obliged.

– Congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

It took a lengthy replay review to confirm the initial call and when the official made the announcement Penix knew was coming, the wild celebration began inside the mostly empty stadium. Allen needed to pull out every trick in the book, too, especially afterSean Cliffordhooked up with Jahan Dotson on a 60-yard TD pass to give Penn State Penn State first lead of the second half, 21-20 with 2:30 left in regulation. Penn State sacked Penix on the next two plays, forced him to throw the ball away on third and an incompletion on fourth, taking the ball back on down at the Indiana 14. This time, Allen called for the defense to give up the touchdown, hoping for one more possession, and Devyn Ford obliged with a TD run that gave Penn State a 28-20 lead. We went through that situation this week. We went through that situation on the sideline. Obviously, we could have handled it better and I could have handled it better.

– Penn State coach James Franklin

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Our conviction is that the... administration has become so obliged and indebted to China that it can no longer provide essential services to protect its citizens' public health, it is time for Malaita people to see whether they are still willing to be part of a country( whose) leadership is becoming dictatorial.

– Daniel Suidani

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Our appeal is that the clubs who think they shouldn't return are not punished, the opening phase is not obligatory, if a player that is obliged to return turns up tomorrow with COVID-19 and dies then people are going to say, we came back too soon.

– Marcelo Crivella

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

The government does not agree with the courts decision, which it considers to be risky and damaging in terms of Europes security, at the same time, as a member of the European Union, naturally we are obliged to comply with every court decision, and we will comply.

– Gergely Gulyas

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I feel obliged to make sure that our efforts are as ambitious as they were when we started.

– Indiana Jones

Found on CNN
4 years ago

We have received the letters from the prosecutors with the allegations, we will undertake the actions that we are obliged to undertake and will most probably declare them 'persona non grata'.

– Foreign Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We call on the Minister to not only retract the Correction Directions but also issue an immediate, unambiguous and public apology to the SDP... failing which we will be obliged to pursue the matter in a court of law.

– Singapore Democratic Party

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Recently I asked the company to allow me to leave Fox News. After requesting that I stay, they obliged. Under our agreement, I won't be reporting elsewhere, at least in the near future.

– Shepard Smith

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Gentlemen, I give you Cologne. Letsknock the hell out of it, and Clarence Smoyer obliged.

– Clarence Smoyer

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Our development of the latest systems and weapons that are really unparalleled in the world was caused -- and, it can be said, provoked -- by the unilateral withdrawal of the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, we were simply forced and were obliged, of course, to ensure the security of our people and our country.

– Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Government needs to threaten the obliged industries and say 'listen, if you guys don't clean up your act, I will impose a tax'.

– Casper Durandt

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I felt obliged to do this.

– Cristina Fernndez

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Exchanges are obliged to have KYC (know-your-customer) processes in place. In practice, many of them do not do this properly, people can open fake accounts, and deposit the funds to that account.

– Pawel Alexsander

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

In addition to strengthening investors' confidence with the local market, the new law will raise the value of the debtors' assets, since they will not be obliged to sell for low prices through an enforced liquidation, the realized value of the last three auctions was at 30 percent of market value in a normal buyer-and-seller market, which would have significantly jeopardized the recovery ratio for all creditors.

– Ahmed Ismail

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We are obliged to act when directed to do so and the matter is beyond our control.

– Econet Wireless

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Ms Semenya, like all athletes, is entitled to compete the way she was born without being obliged to alter her body by any medical means.

– Norton Rose Fulbright

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

These included Pimlico's tight control over Mr Smith's attire and the administrative aspects of any job, the severe terms as to when and how much it was obliged to pay him, and the suite of covenants restricting his working activities following termination.

– Supreme Court

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The coach, while he is a RFEF employee can not do things in this way. I found out with a phone call five minutes before the official announcement. We feel obliged to take this decision, if anyone wants to talk to one of our employees, they have to speak to us, too. It's that basic. This is a Spain national team that represents all Spaniards, it's the most important team we have and World Cup is the biggest stage of them all.

– Luis Rubiales

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I expect foreign inflows will pick up toward the end of trading day as passive funds are obliged to buy China stocks ahead of the inclusion, to some extent, it would help lift sentiment in a weak market.

– Yang Hai

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

To be on board and confronted by a safety video you’re obliged to watch set in Antarctica is beyond ironic, it is the ultimate insensitive insult to the families, both immediate and wider.

– David Ling

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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