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A lot of prisoners feel like theyll be punished for reporting an assault. – Bryan Stevenson	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
There's no such thing as unlicensed gun dealers, they're called felons. If you're breaking the law, you should be prosecuted and punished. – Jennifer Baker	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I'm the first to confess, you know, I was not able to give this message effectively, it's just not the stuff that moved people to vote, and the other side didn't get punished for it. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's just not the stuff that moved people to vote, and the other side didn't get punished for it. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Today's aggression by protesters who disagree with my position on the legalization of recreational marijuana demonstrates the problem with political discourse today, we all must agree to have a civilized debate when disagreement occurs. My parents fled communist Eastern Europe where people with different political opinions were harassed and punished, and it has no place in America. – Congressman Andy Harris	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Barack Obama is the president of the United States and he couldn't say, 'Hey, these are Islamic jihadists. I just got informed of this by the FBI.' Instead he lies, he comes out and lies because we all know this information was out there, but he didn't want to insult the faith that I believe he is secretly following, a follower, or he is simply sympathetic because they're doing the dirty work. Because he ultimately wants to see this country punished and taken down for what he considers to be crimes against the rest of the world. – Tim Donnelly	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I've got to be honest. I can't plea Bill Moore to the charge of murder because nobody will accept that without a trial, what( the plea deal) does is it ensures that Bill Moore is punished for the crimes that Bill Moore did and it brings about some closure. We don't have to put y' all back through another trial. – Ben Coker	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I find it very disturbing that here we were in compliance with a request of the then-President of the United States to put into one document our insight and knowledge of the profound threat that Russia posed to this country, and now, apparently, we're being punished for this. John( Brennan) already has been. – James Clapper	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Liu Xia never gave up on Liu Xia wrongfully imprisoned late husband, and for this Liu Xia was cruelly punished, the Chinese authorities tried to silence Liu Xia, but Liu Xia stood tall for human rights. – Patrick Poon	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The attacks carried out by Aum were despicable and those responsible deserve to be punished. However, the death penalty is never the answer, justice demands accountability but also respect for everyone's human rights. The death penalty can never deliver this as it is the ultimate denial of human rights. – Hiroka Shoji	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Islamic State punished those who had voting cards so we got rid of them. – Jamal Khalaf	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I decided that my child shouldn't be punished for being herself or expressing herself so I did not send her back to school, she’s attended the same school since she was a toddler — why is it a problem now? – Tara Sysaknoi	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Those guilty of the cowardly and criminal lynching of police doing their duty on the night of December 31st will be found and punished, force will support the law. Honor to the police and full support to all the agents attacked in such a low level fashion. – Emmanuel Macron	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It is unacceptable that any law-abiding whistle-blower would be punished for bringing the issues within VA to light. – Phil Roe	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
First of all there are suspicions of crimes, they need to be investigated — and any such crimes should be punished, but after that we need structures locally, such as social services, around our country to integrate them back into our democratic society. – Alice Bah Kuhnke	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Lone Star Western Beef punished an employee for seeking emergency medical care for a seriously injured co-worker, no worker should have to fear retaliation from their employer for calling 911 in an emergency, or taking other action to report a workplace safety or health incident. – Richard Mendelson	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
My sister and eight others died simply because they were there and they were black, that cannot stand in a civilized society and that has to be punished. – Malcolm Graham	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
I believe that child does need to be punished in some way – absolutely, i can’t take a picture of them and in turn they cannot do the same of me. – Lee Francis	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Why are only Russian sportsmen being punished in this way? this flouts the principle of equality (of treatment). – Alexander Zhukov	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Any perception that the UK is being punished for its democratic decision to exit the European Union will only further inflame the growing populist backlash against European integration, it is in nobody’s interests for the UK and the EU to have anything but the best possible future relations. – Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Omar Mateen, one of the soldiers of the [caliphate], was one of the few that was truthful to his lord, while having prepared his weapons and taken steps, while having trust and reliance upon Allah, it is through his hand that Allah punished his enemies. – Abu Isma'il Al-Amriki	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
All parties would be punished if Zamora motion is granted. – Shannon Liss-Riordan	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
It must be a trading error. Someone will be punished. – Wang Feng	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
People have a right to protest, but rioting is an offence that will be punished. – President Francois Hollande	Found on Reuters 7 years ago

A lot of prisoners feel like theyll be punished for reporting an assault.

– Bryan Stevenson

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

There's no such thing as unlicensed gun dealers, they're called felons. If you're breaking the law, you should be prosecuted and punished.

– Jennifer Baker

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I'm the first to confess, you know, I was not able to give this message effectively, it's just not the stuff that moved people to vote, and the other side didn't get punished for it.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's just not the stuff that moved people to vote, and the other side didn't get punished for it.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Today's aggression by protesters who disagree with my position on the legalization of recreational marijuana demonstrates the problem with political discourse today, we all must agree to have a civilized debate when disagreement occurs. My parents fled communist Eastern Europe where people with different political opinions were harassed and punished, and it has no place in America.

– Congressman Andy Harris

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Barack Obama is the president of the United States and he couldn't say, 'Hey, these are Islamic jihadists. I just got informed of this by the FBI.' Instead he lies, he comes out and lies because we all know this information was out there, but he didn't want to insult the faith that I believe he is secretly following, a follower, or he is simply sympathetic because they're doing the dirty work. Because he ultimately wants to see this country punished and taken down for what he considers to be crimes against the rest of the world.

– Tim Donnelly

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I've got to be honest. I can't plea Bill Moore to the charge of murder because nobody will accept that without a trial, what( the plea deal) does is it ensures that Bill Moore is punished for the crimes that Bill Moore did and it brings about some closure. We don't have to put y' all back through another trial.

– Ben Coker

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I find it very disturbing that here we were in compliance with a request of the then-President of the United States to put into one document our insight and knowledge of the profound threat that Russia posed to this country, and now, apparently, we're being punished for this. John( Brennan) already has been.

– James Clapper

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Liu Xia never gave up on Liu Xia wrongfully imprisoned late husband, and for this Liu Xia was cruelly punished, the Chinese authorities tried to silence Liu Xia, but Liu Xia stood tall for human rights.

– Patrick Poon

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The attacks carried out by Aum were despicable and those responsible deserve to be punished. However, the death penalty is never the answer, justice demands accountability but also respect for everyone's human rights. The death penalty can never deliver this as it is the ultimate denial of human rights.

– Hiroka Shoji

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Islamic State punished those who had voting cards so we got rid of them.

– Jamal Khalaf

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I decided that my child shouldn't be punished for being herself or expressing herself so I did not send her back to school, she’s attended the same school since she was a toddler — why is it a problem now?

– Tara Sysaknoi

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Those guilty of the cowardly and criminal lynching of police doing their duty on the night of December 31st will be found and punished, force will support the law. Honor to the police and full support to all the agents attacked in such a low level fashion.

– Emmanuel Macron

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It is unacceptable that any law-abiding whistle-blower would be punished for bringing the issues within VA to light.

– Phil Roe

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

First of all there are suspicions of crimes, they need to be investigated — and any such crimes should be punished, but after that we need structures locally, such as social services, around our country to integrate them back into our democratic society.

– Alice Bah Kuhnke

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Lone Star Western Beef punished an employee for seeking emergency medical care for a seriously injured co-worker, no worker should have to fear retaliation from their employer for calling 911 in an emergency, or taking other action to report a workplace safety or health incident.

– Richard Mendelson

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

My sister and eight others died simply because they were there and they were black, that cannot stand in a civilized society and that has to be punished.

– Malcolm Graham

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

I believe that child does need to be punished in some way – absolutely, i can’t take a picture of them and in turn they cannot do the same of me.

– Lee Francis

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Why are only Russian sportsmen being punished in this way? this flouts the principle of equality (of treatment).

– Alexander Zhukov

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Any perception that the UK is being punished for its democratic decision to exit the European Union will only further inflame the growing populist backlash against European integration, it is in nobody’s interests for the UK and the EU to have anything but the best possible future relations.

– Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Omar Mateen, one of the soldiers of the [caliphate], was one of the few that was truthful to his lord, while having prepared his weapons and taken steps, while having trust and reliance upon Allah, it is through his hand that Allah punished his enemies.

– Abu Isma'il Al-Amriki

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

All parties would be punished if Zamora motion is granted.

– Shannon Liss-Riordan

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

It must be a trading error. Someone will be punished.

– Wang Feng

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

People have a right to protest, but rioting is an offence that will be punished.

– President Francois Hollande

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

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