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I knew I was dying. There was no way to retreat. – Penn Township constable Clark Steele	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It is striking that the day after Donald Trump called for weakening NATO, withdrawing from NATO, we see Brussels, where NATO is headquartered, the subject of a radical Islamic terror attack, donald Trump is wrong that America should withdraw from the world and abandon our allies. Donald Trump is wrong that American should retreat from Europe, retreat from NATO, hand Putin a major victory and while he's at it hand ISIS a major victory. – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Donald Trump is wrong that America should withdraw from the world and abandon our allies. Donald Trump is wrong that American should retreat from Europe, retreat from NATO, hand Putin a major victory and while he's at it hand ISIS a major victory. – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
We really don't think of the community as refugees. I think of refugees as being scattered and chaotic retreat. This is a resettlement and we are careful to use that word. – Patrick Forbes	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have the character of an island nation - independent, forthright, passionate in defense of our sovereignty - and of institutions that have served us well for many hundreds of years, but we are also an open nation ... And I never want us to pull up the drawbridge and retreat from the world. – Germany Prime Minister David Cameron	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It was not easy for the West to retreat. This is the first time that the West's word has been defeated over Syria ... The Russian strategy in getting these (diplomatic) understandings is successful and clever and will bear fruit, the Russian intervention has had great importance in the Syrian crisis. – Bouthaina Shaaban	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When the sun sets, tens of millions of homes in India and Africa become dark. We want to light up lives of our people and power their future, but, we want to do it in a way that the snow on Kilimanjaro does not disappear, the glacier that feeds the River Ganga does not retreat and our islands are not doomed. – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
My mandate belongs to the people and Republika Srpska, i do my job with responsibility in accordance to the constitution and don't intend to retreat before people who don't want a dialogue. – Milorad Dodik	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The army by its retreat yesterday, and the police by their retreat as well, have really shown that there are question marks over the government's ability to impose its writ in Kunduz, at least in the short term. – Nic Robertson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Significant changes are taking place today on ice sheets, it would take centuries to reverse the trend of ice retreat. – Eric Rignot	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The inmate was not being aggressive at all, he was almost in a retreat mode. – Lieutenant Brandon Jones	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
When the mind is burdened voluntary silence can spawn release and wellness. It has the power to create spiritness and space for imagination. It can lead to a reviving retreat into a world with new perspectives. – Erik Pevernagie	added by anonymous 8 years ago
His international reputation isn't that high ... so he has got quite a lot of bouncing back to try to do, he wants to personally restore his image as a world leader of some importance, not (be seen as) the coalition prime minister who presided over a retreat on all fronts. – Michael Clarke	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We see before our very eyes a stark retreat from the red lines that the world powers set themselves only recently, and publicly, there is no reason to hasten into signing this bad deal, which is getting worse by the day. – Benjamin Netanyahu	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our Founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch, we must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat. – Mike Huckabee	Found on CNN 8 years ago
I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch. We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat. – Mike Huckabee	Found on CNN 8 years ago
In two weeks the U.S. will have neither trade deals, nor an export bank. And at that point we're going to be in full retreat on the global economic stage. – Chairman Jeff Immelt	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The comet is a very, very active object at the moment, it's a bit as if you were to imagine taking your car through a snowstorm, we reckon it should be safe but as soon as we see activity coming back we may have to retreat further. – Elsa Montagnon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I believe we have made a decision now that will permit us to create an economic order in the world that will promote more growth, more equality, better preservation of the environment, and a greater possibility of world peace, we are on the verge of a global economic expansion that is sparked by the fact that the United States at this critical moment decided that we would compete, not retreat. – Bill Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
They can shoot first and retreat later. – Susan Klein	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Fitness retreat used to mean go away and lose weight, now it's just working fitness into a schedule that might also include lavish dinners, beach time, cocktail hours, nights out dancing. – Melisse Gelula	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I do not presently see any broad retreat of private equity from the energy space, energy is no longer. – David Asmus	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
They were urinating off of balconies, vomiting off of balconies. They could see the men and women below were there with the retreat. They had on hats and shirts with logos. – Linda Cope	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
We have reached out to start a dialogue with the Warrior Beach Retreat and to offer whatever assistance we can to rectify this awful situation. – Laurence Bolotin	Found on FOX News 9 years ago

I knew I was dying. There was no way to retreat.

– Penn Township constable Clark Steele

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It is striking that the day after Donald Trump called for weakening NATO, withdrawing from NATO, we see Brussels, where NATO is headquartered, the subject of a radical Islamic terror attack, donald Trump is wrong that America should withdraw from the world and abandon our allies. Donald Trump is wrong that American should retreat from Europe, retreat from NATO, hand Putin a major victory and while he's at it hand ISIS a major victory.

– Texas Sen. Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Donald Trump is wrong that America should withdraw from the world and abandon our allies. Donald Trump is wrong that American should retreat from Europe, retreat from NATO, hand Putin a major victory and while he's at it hand ISIS a major victory.

– Texas Sen. Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

We really don't think of the community as refugees. I think of refugees as being scattered and chaotic retreat. This is a resettlement and we are careful to use that word.

– Patrick Forbes

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have the character of an island nation - independent, forthright, passionate in defense of our sovereignty - and of institutions that have served us well for many hundreds of years, but we are also an open nation ... And I never want us to pull up the drawbridge and retreat from the world.

– Germany Prime Minister David Cameron

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It was not easy for the West to retreat. This is the first time that the West's word has been defeated over Syria ... The Russian strategy in getting these (diplomatic) understandings is successful and clever and will bear fruit, the Russian intervention has had great importance in the Syrian crisis.

– Bouthaina Shaaban

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When the sun sets, tens of millions of homes in India and Africa become dark. We want to light up lives of our people and power their future, but, we want to do it in a way that the snow on Kilimanjaro does not disappear, the glacier that feeds the River Ganga does not retreat and our islands are not doomed.

– Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

My mandate belongs to the people and Republika Srpska, i do my job with responsibility in accordance to the constitution and don't intend to retreat before people who don't want a dialogue.

– Milorad Dodik

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The army by its retreat yesterday, and the police by their retreat as well, have really shown that there are question marks over the government's ability to impose its writ in Kunduz, at least in the short term.

– Nic Robertson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Significant changes are taking place today on ice sheets, it would take centuries to reverse the trend of ice retreat.

– Eric Rignot

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The inmate was not being aggressive at all, he was almost in a retreat mode.

– Lieutenant Brandon Jones

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

When the mind is burdened voluntary silence can spawn release and wellness. It has the power to create spiritness and space for imagination. It can lead to a reviving retreat into a world with new perspectives.

– Erik Pevernagie

added by anonymous
8 years ago

His international reputation isn't that high ... so he has got quite a lot of bouncing back to try to do, he wants to personally restore his image as a world leader of some importance, not (be seen as) the coalition prime minister who presided over a retreat on all fronts.

– Michael Clarke

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We see before our very eyes a stark retreat from the red lines that the world powers set themselves only recently, and publicly, there is no reason to hasten into signing this bad deal, which is getting worse by the day.

– Benjamin Netanyahu

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our Founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch, we must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat.

– Mike Huckabee

Found on CNN
8 years ago

I will not acquiesce to an imperial court any more than our founders acquiesced to an imperial British monarch. We must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat.

– Mike Huckabee

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In two weeks the U.S. will have neither trade deals, nor an export bank. And at that point we're going to be in full retreat on the global economic stage.

– Chairman Jeff Immelt

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The comet is a very, very active object at the moment, it's a bit as if you were to imagine taking your car through a snowstorm, we reckon it should be safe but as soon as we see activity coming back we may have to retreat further.

– Elsa Montagnon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I believe we have made a decision now that will permit us to create an economic order in the world that will promote more growth, more equality, better preservation of the environment, and a greater possibility of world peace, we are on the verge of a global economic expansion that is sparked by the fact that the United States at this critical moment decided that we would compete, not retreat.

– Bill Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

They can shoot first and retreat later.

– Susan Klein

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Fitness retreat used to mean go away and lose weight, now it's just working fitness into a schedule that might also include lavish dinners, beach time, cocktail hours, nights out dancing.

– Melisse Gelula

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I do not presently see any broad retreat of private equity from the energy space, energy is no longer.

– David Asmus

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

They were urinating off of balconies, vomiting off of balconies. They could see the men and women below were there with the retreat. They had on hats and shirts with logos.

– Linda Cope

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

We have reached out to start a dialogue with the Warrior Beach Retreat and to offer whatever assistance we can to rectify this awful situation.

– Laurence Bolotin

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

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