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It could presage a return to nuclear testing, which is now on the table given that Kim renounced his April 2018 moratorium. – Kim Jong	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We don't understand why he has to stand in court when he has (renounced) his passport, That was the deal ... that he'd denounce his citizenship, that they (the Egyptian government) would not announce it to the media, but they did the exact opposite. They did announce it to the media and he is devastated that this is happening to him. – Adel Fahmy	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Mohamed Fahmy has now renounced that citizenship, mohamed Fahmy was really coerced to do so. Mohamed Fahmy was told by the Egyptian authorities that if this was going to happen Mohamed Fahmy was going to have to give away Mohamed Fahmy Egyptian passport. – Sue Turton	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The Senate report makes it easier for loathsome foreign regimes to criticize the United States' human rights record, which drives home another key reason why the CIA's abuses need to be thoroughly renounced. – John Sifton	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it is least harsh. – Émile Durkheim	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it. – Thomas Carlyle	added by anonymous 10 years ago
To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. – Thomas Paine	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Existence, as we know it, is full of sorrow. To mention only one minor point every man is a condemned criminal, only he does not know the date of his execution. This is unpleasant for every man. Consequently every man does everything possible to postpone the date, and would sacrifice anything that he has if he could reverse the sentence. Practically all religions and all philosophies have started thus crudely, by promising their adherents some such reward as immortality. No religion has failed hitherto by not promising enough the present breaking up of all religions is due to the fact that people have asked to see the securities. Men have even renounced the important material advantages which a well-organized religion may confer upon a State, rather than acquiesce in fraud or falsehood, or even in any system which, if not proved guilty, is at least unable to demonstrate its innocence. Being more or less bankrupt, the best thing that we can do is to attack the problem afresh without preconceived ideas. Let us begin by doubting every statement. Let us find a way of subjecting every statement to the test of experiment. Is there any truth at all in the claims of various religions Let us examine the question. – Aleister Crowley	added by anonymous 14 years ago

It could presage a return to nuclear testing, which is now on the table given that Kim renounced his April 2018 moratorium.

– Kim Jong

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We don't understand why he has to stand in court when he has (renounced) his passport, That was the deal ... that he'd denounce his citizenship, that they (the Egyptian government) would not announce it to the media, but they did the exact opposite. They did announce it to the media and he is devastated that this is happening to him.

– Adel Fahmy

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Mohamed Fahmy has now renounced that citizenship, mohamed Fahmy was really coerced to do so. Mohamed Fahmy was told by the Egyptian authorities that if this was going to happen Mohamed Fahmy was going to have to give away Mohamed Fahmy Egyptian passport.

– Sue Turton

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The Senate report makes it easier for loathsome foreign regimes to criticize the United States' human rights record, which drives home another key reason why the CIA's abuses need to be thoroughly renounced.

– John Sifton

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it is least harsh.

– Émile Durkheim

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

– Thomas Carlyle

added by anonymous
10 years ago

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

– Thomas Paine

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Existence, as we know it, is full of sorrow. To mention only one minor point every man is a condemned criminal, only he does not know the date of his execution. This is unpleasant for every man. Consequently every man does everything possible to postpone the date, and would sacrifice anything that he has if he could reverse the sentence. Practically all religions and all philosophies have started thus crudely, by promising their adherents some such reward as immortality. No religion has failed hitherto by not promising enough the present breaking up of all religions is due to the fact that people have asked to see the securities. Men have even renounced the important material advantages which a well-organized religion may confer upon a State, rather than acquiesce in fraud or falsehood, or even in any system which, if not proved guilty, is at least unable to demonstrate its innocence. Being more or less bankrupt, the best thing that we can do is to attack the problem afresh without preconceived ideas. Let us begin by doubting every statement. Let us find a way of subjecting every statement to the test of experiment. Is there any truth at all in the claims of various religions Let us examine the question.

– Aleister Crowley

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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