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Those that profited on the eve of the collapse need to chip in to help defray the overall costs. – Chris Van Hollen	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Attorney General should immediately appoint a special counsel to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden's business dealings with Communist China, joe and Hunter Biden have been long intertwined with Beijing and profited off shady business deals with the CCP. – Marsha Blackburn	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The Attorney General should immediately appoint a special counsel to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden's business dealings with Communist China, joe and Hunter have been long intertwined with Beijing and profited off shady business deals with the CCP. – Marsha Blackburn	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
For years, Wayne LaPierre and Wayne LaPierre lieutenants skirted the law and pocketed millions from National Rifle Association coffers to fund lavish lifestyles that included private jets, pricey vacations, expensive meals, and no-show contracts, mr. LaPierre's reimbursement of just a fraction of the millions Wayne LaPierre personally profited from indicates how The NRA went unchecked under Wayne LaPierre leadership. There is no question that the rot runs deep, which is why our lawsuit will continue. We will not stop fighting until justice is served. – Letitia James	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The eight biggest pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies last year profited $72 billion on the backs of people like the families that we are talking about that have been overwhelmed by this crisis, which is a public health epidemic, and they knew what they were doing. – Anneken Tappe Harris	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If Joe Biden had any involvement or profited from what's going on, there's some vulnerability. – Mike McMullon	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I profited from these trades. – Leonid Momotok	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It is only fair and just that the companies that have extracted and profited the most from fossil fuels account for the resulting harm and take measures to prevent more harm, to protect the rights of people in the context of climate change, yes, it's going to be a difficult investigation, a very complicated investigation. But the petitioners believe it is not impossible. – Zelda Soriano	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Why would the President honor a firm that has grown and profited not by creating American jobs, but by producing in offshore sweatshops with rock-bottom wages and terrible labor conditions? – Lori Wallach	Found on CNN 9 years ago
For me, it's impossible to imagine that Ackman is involved, if he had made up some lie about the company, he hasn't profited from that, because he's still short. In manipulation, at some point you've got to transact the security. Otherwise, there's no point to it. – Jonathan Macey	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Part of the data may indeed hurt Israel's interests, but most of the data - what is the CEO's salary, how many people work there, what are the amounts of oil flowing, the financial turnover, how much Israel profited or lost ... there is nothing to prevent them from being made public. – Micky Rosenthal	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
From the earliest times the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser than they, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture. – W. Somerset Maugham	added by anonymous 10 years ago
I asked an experienced elder who had profited by his knowledge of the world, ?What course should I pursue to obtain prosperity?? He replied, ?Contentment?if you are able, practise contentment.? – Selman	added by anonymous 12 years ago
What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do. – Josh Billings	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I made my mistakes, but in all my years of public life, I have never profited from public service. I've earned every cent. And in all of my years in public life I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I can say that in my years of public life that I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got. – Richard M. Nixon	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Those that profited on the eve of the collapse need to chip in to help defray the overall costs.

– Chris Van Hollen

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Attorney General should immediately appoint a special counsel to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden's business dealings with Communist China, joe and Hunter Biden have been long intertwined with Beijing and profited off shady business deals with the CCP.

– Marsha Blackburn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The Attorney General should immediately appoint a special counsel to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden's business dealings with Communist China, joe and Hunter have been long intertwined with Beijing and profited off shady business deals with the CCP.

– Marsha Blackburn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

For years, Wayne LaPierre and Wayne LaPierre lieutenants skirted the law and pocketed millions from National Rifle Association coffers to fund lavish lifestyles that included private jets, pricey vacations, expensive meals, and no-show contracts, mr. LaPierre's reimbursement of just a fraction of the millions Wayne LaPierre personally profited from indicates how The NRA went unchecked under Wayne LaPierre leadership. There is no question that the rot runs deep, which is why our lawsuit will continue. We will not stop fighting until justice is served.

– Letitia James

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The eight biggest pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies last year profited $72 billion on the backs of people like the families that we are talking about that have been overwhelmed by this crisis, which is a public health epidemic, and they knew what they were doing.

– Anneken Tappe Harris

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If Joe Biden had any involvement or profited from what's going on, there's some vulnerability.

– Mike McMullon

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I profited from these trades.

– Leonid Momotok

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It is only fair and just that the companies that have extracted and profited the most from fossil fuels account for the resulting harm and take measures to prevent more harm, to protect the rights of people in the context of climate change, yes, it's going to be a difficult investigation, a very complicated investigation. But the petitioners believe it is not impossible.

– Zelda Soriano

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Why would the President honor a firm that has grown and profited not by creating American jobs, but by producing in offshore sweatshops with rock-bottom wages and terrible labor conditions?

– Lori Wallach

Found on CNN
9 years ago

For me, it's impossible to imagine that Ackman is involved, if he had made up some lie about the company, he hasn't profited from that, because he's still short. In manipulation, at some point you've got to transact the security. Otherwise, there's no point to it.

– Jonathan Macey

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Part of the data may indeed hurt Israel's interests, but most of the data - what is the CEO's salary, how many people work there, what are the amounts of oil flowing, the financial turnover, how much Israel profited or lost ... there is nothing to prevent them from being made public.

– Micky Rosenthal

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

From the earliest times the old have rubbed it into the young that they are wiser than they, and before the young had discovered what nonsense this was they were old too, and it profited them to carry on the imposture.

– W. Somerset Maugham

added by anonymous
10 years ago

I asked an experienced elder who had profited by his knowledge of the world, ?What course should I pursue to obtain prosperity?? He replied, ?Contentment?if you are able, practise contentment.?

– Selman

added by anonymous
12 years ago

What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do.

– Josh Billings

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I made my mistakes, but in all my years of public life, I have never profited from public service. I've earned every cent. And in all of my years in public life I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I can say that in my years of public life that I welcome this kind of examination because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.

– Richard M. Nixon

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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