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My understanding is, and I might be wrong, is that the issue has never been tested, that a dual citizen from another country, a Middle East country, would have to renounce, my understanding is it's never been tested, and why should you even risk testing it ? I don't know where the intel community would come out on this. – Dan Sullivan	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Voters can't trust Mehmet Oz, renounce your Turkish citizenship now. – David McCormick	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The only way the hockey players could become Chinese citizens is to become naturalized, and under China's nationality law, they need to renounce their foreign citizenship. – Donald Clarke	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We need to renounce the conspiracy theorists and the truth deniers. The ones who know better and the ones who are just plain nuts, we need to give our supporters facts that will help them put all those fantasies to rest. – Chris Christie	Found on CNN 2 years ago
As Taiwan decision makers, we can not take any chances, we have to be prepared, when the Chinese government is saying they would not renounce the use of force, and they conduct military exercises around Taiwan, we would rather believe that it is real. – Joseph Wu	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Unless you Renounce, you can't see the Divine...but the moment you Experience the Divine, you don't need to Renounce. – AiR Atman in Ravi	added by AIR 4 years ago
What can be more reasonable than that when crowds of them [immigrants] come here, they should be forced to renounce everything contrary to the spirit of the Constitution[?] – James Madison	added by Normando 4 years ago
It is because the will has no power to bring about salvation that the idea of secular morality is an absurdity. What is called morality only depends on the will in what is, so to speak, its most muscular aspect. Religion on the contrary corresponds to desire, and it is desire that saves...To long for God and to renounce all the rest, that alone can save.” – Simone Weil	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.' To remit debts is to renounce our own personality. It means renouncing everything that goes to make up our ego, without any exception. It means knowing that in the ego there is nothing whatever, no psychological element, that external circumstances could not do away with. It means accepting that truth. It means being happy that things should be so.” – Simone Weil	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
Seriously? I can’t believe it, we cannot renounce our culture and traditions. That would be an unpardonable weakness. – Oreste Mori	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Some abandon everything for the outward shell, in the interest of “glitter and looks”, let freeze themselves in artificial postures and renounce realness and sense of self, for the sake of fake appearances, which do not belong to their personality. They live through the eyes of others and cannot enjoy an individual life. Their pathetic fate is an impressive lack of authenticity, spontaneity, candidness, which is a unique key to an open-minded existence. ("Like a frozen image") – Erik Pevernagie	added by anonymous 8 years ago
Burundi has been slipping closer to the edge ... we call on leaders on all sides to take concrete steps to renounce the use of violence and to resolve differences peacefully. – Ravina Shamdasani	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The purpose of #wealth is to #heal and not to #hoard. In your selfishness with your wealth you renounce your claim to it. – Justice Calo Reign	added by anonymous 10 years ago
In the days of the great struggle against the foreign enemies, who for nearly three years have tried to enslave our fatherland, the Lord God has been pleased to send down on Russia a new heavy trial. Internal popular disturbances threaten to have a disastrous effect on the future conduct of this persistent war. The destiny of Russia, the honor of our heroic army, the welfare of the people and the whole future of our dear fatherland demand that the war should be brought to a victorious conclusion whatever the cost. The cruel enemy is making his last efforts, and already the hour approaches when our glorious army together with our gallant allies will crush him. In these decisive days in the life of Russia, We thought it Our duty of conscience to facilitate for Our people the closest union possible and a consolidation of all national forces for the speedy attainment of victory. In agreement with the Imperial Duma We have thought it well to renounce the Throne of the Russian Empire and to – Nicholas II of Russia	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Most virgins marry, just as nuns The same thing the same way renounce; Before they?ve wit to understand The bold attempt, they take in hand; Or, having stayed and lost their tides, Are out of season grown for brides. – Butler	added by anonymous 12 years ago
If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without ploughing the ground. – Frederick Douglass 1817-1895	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught, when convicted of his error and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces the truth, though with the sacrifice of favorite opinions. – Johann Kaspar Lavater	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good do good. Be kind be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself. – Swami Sivanada	added by anonymous 14 years ago
So, rather than appear foolish afterward, I renounce seeming clever now. – William of Baskerville	added by anonymous 14 years ago
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For he who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man's nature to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts. – Jean Jacques Rousseau	added by anonymous 14 years ago

My understanding is, and I might be wrong, is that the issue has never been tested, that a dual citizen from another country, a Middle East country, would have to renounce, my understanding is it's never been tested, and why should you even risk testing it ? I don't know where the intel community would come out on this.

– Dan Sullivan

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Voters can't trust Mehmet Oz, renounce your Turkish citizenship now.

– David McCormick

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The only way the hockey players could become Chinese citizens is to become naturalized, and under China's nationality law, they need to renounce their foreign citizenship.

– Donald Clarke

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We need to renounce the conspiracy theorists and the truth deniers. The ones who know better and the ones who are just plain nuts, we need to give our supporters facts that will help them put all those fantasies to rest.

– Chris Christie

Found on CNN
2 years ago

As Taiwan decision makers, we can not take any chances, we have to be prepared, when the Chinese government is saying they would not renounce the use of force, and they conduct military exercises around Taiwan, we would rather believe that it is real.

– Joseph Wu

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Unless you Renounce, you can't see the Divine...but the moment you Experience the Divine, you don't need to Renounce.

– AiR Atman in Ravi

added by AIR
4 years ago

What can be more reasonable than that when crowds of them [immigrants] come here, they should be forced to renounce everything contrary to the spirit of the Constitution[?]

– James Madison

added by Normando
4 years ago

It is because the will has no power to bring about salvation that the idea of secular morality is an absurdity. What is called morality only depends on the will in what is, so to speak, its most muscular aspect. Religion on the contrary corresponds to desire, and it is desire that saves...To long for God and to renounce all the rest, that alone can save.”

– Simone Weil

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.' To remit debts is to renounce our own personality. It means renouncing everything that goes to make up our ego, without any exception. It means knowing that in the ego there is nothing whatever, no psychological element, that external circumstances could not do away with. It means accepting that truth. It means being happy that things should be so.”

– Simone Weil

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

Seriously? I can’t believe it, we cannot renounce our culture and traditions. That would be an unpardonable weakness.

– Oreste Mori

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Some abandon everything for the outward shell, in the interest of “glitter and looks”, let freeze themselves in artificial postures and renounce realness and sense of self, for the sake of fake appearances, which do not belong to their personality. They live through the eyes of others and cannot enjoy an individual life. Their pathetic fate is an impressive lack of authenticity, spontaneity, candidness, which is a unique key to an open-minded existence. ("Like a frozen image")

– Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
8 years ago

Burundi has been slipping closer to the edge ... we call on leaders on all sides to take concrete steps to renounce the use of violence and to resolve differences peacefully.

– Ravina Shamdasani

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The purpose of #wealth is to #heal and not to #hoard. In your selfishness with your wealth you renounce your claim to it.

– Justice Calo Reign

added by anonymous
10 years ago

In the days of the great struggle against the foreign enemies, who for nearly three years have tried to enslave our fatherland, the Lord God has been pleased to send down on Russia a new heavy trial. Internal popular disturbances threaten to have a disastrous effect on the future conduct of this persistent war. The destiny of Russia, the honor of our heroic army, the welfare of the people and the whole future of our dear fatherland demand that the war should be brought to a victorious conclusion whatever the cost. The cruel enemy is making his last efforts, and already the hour approaches when our glorious army together with our gallant allies will crush him. In these decisive days in the life of Russia, We thought it Our duty of conscience to facilitate for Our people the closest union possible and a consolidation of all national forces for the speedy attainment of victory. In agreement with the Imperial Duma We have thought it well to renounce the Throne of the Russian Empire and to

– Nicholas II of Russia

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Most virgins marry, just as nuns The same thing the same way renounce; Before they?ve wit to understand The bold attempt, they take in hand; Or, having stayed and lost their tides, Are out of season grown for brides.

– Butler

added by anonymous
12 years ago

If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom and yet renounce controversy are people who want crops without ploughing the ground.

– Frederick Douglass 1817-1895

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Kiss the hand of him who can renounce what he has publicly taught, when convicted of his error and who, with heartfelt joy, embraces the truth, though with the sacrifice of favorite opinions.

– Johann Kaspar Lavater

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Life is short. Time is fleeting. Realize the Self. Purity of the heart is the gateway to God. Aspire. Renounce. Meditate. Be good do good. Be kind be compassionate. Inquire, know Thyself.

– Swami Sivanada

added by anonymous
14 years ago

So, rather than appear foolish afterward, I renounce seeming clever now.

– William of Baskerville

added by anonymous
14 years ago

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For he who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man's nature to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts.

– Jean Jacques Rousseau

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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