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It's not surprising that President Obama is attacking me personally, i'll tell you what is shameful is that we have a President that after 7 years still refuses to utter the words radical Islamic terrorism. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
That's shameful. That's not American. That's not who we are. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
When I hear folks say that maybe we should just admit the Christians and not the Muslims (refugees), when I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which person who's fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted -- when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefited from protection when they were fleeing political persecution -- that's shameful. That's not American. – Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
When I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which a person who is fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted, when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefited from protection when they were fleeing political persecution, that's shameful, that's not American, that's not who we are. We don't have religious tests (for) our compassion. – President Barack Obama	Found on CNN 8 years ago
In the past, old people considered remarriage as shameful. – Kim Mi-yeon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
After 35 years of living with these shameful memories in secret, I was finally encouraged by all the other women who have recently told their stories. – Sharon Van Ert	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Our hearts are broken to learn of the death of Deputy Bill Myers. Florida's law enforcement officers risk their lives daily to protect others, and any act of violence against these brave heroes is shameful and cowardly. My wife, Ann, and I send our sincerest condolences to Deputy Myers' family and brothers and sisters in Florida's law enforcement community. – Sheriff Larry Ashley	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Nothing is more shameful than pocketing millions of dollars donated by good-hearted people who just wanted to help children afflicted with a terminal illness. – New York	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I offer my heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathies to the loved ones of the U.S. servicemembers who were murdered and the law enforcement officer who was wounded in this shameful and cowardly act of violence. – Attorney General Loretta Lynch	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
He is talking about people you and I know isn't he, and when people and business everywhere rejected his hateful comments, did he apologize? No. He doubled down. It is shameful and no one should stand for it. – Hillary Clinton	Found on CNN 8 years ago
In Lebanon as well as in Jordan, an increasing number of refugees are being turned back at the border, this is inhuman and this is shameful. – Lebanon Malala Yousafzai	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This surreptitious land grab reveals that the Obama administration will stop at nothing to lock up more and more land, with the stroke of a pen. I condemn this shameful power move which makes states and citizens fearful that the federal government can invade at any time to seize more lands like bandits in the night. – Representative Rob Bishop of Utah	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The company has engaged in an invasion of Mr. Charney's privacy in a shameful attempt to extort him and gain leverage over him. – Keith Fink	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
It’s shameful, he never met me before he said that. He never read the legislation. People will say what they say – I can’t control that. – State Rep. Mike Johnson	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I would have sold my mother for a rock of crack, i was a shameful suburban statistic. – Tom Hardy	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I was a shameful suburban statistic. – Tom Hardy	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
There was no lawful reason to turn anything over to the Hillary Clinton Foundation for review, it was an administrative ‘ stall tactic ’ consistent with the Clintons' cover-up strategy and facilitated by a complicit State Department. This is a shameful manipulation of the FOIA process to hide information from the public. – Chris Farrell	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I left many people whom I love so much. I left my wife and our 4-year-old child, it is shameful to live like this. I just want a normal life. – Sekou Yara	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
It is shameful to live like this. I just want a normal life. – Sekou Yara	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
In order to ensure our criminal justice system is fair and equitable, my office is conducting an immediate assessment of every prosecution within the past 10 years where these officers were involved, this is a shameful incident that the public deserves to have addressed in a meaningful and expeditious manner. – District Attorney George Gascón	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I was just so in awe of and respectful of NDTV's decision, very difficult decision for a broadcaster who has been told that broadcasting this film is now illegal, is somehow a shameful thing, to actually make that kind of statement ... was so admirable. I love NDTV. They are my heroes for doing this. – Filmmaker Leslee Udwin	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
While this shameful act may be an isolated incident, what’s not isolated are the almost daily reports that feed the perception that VA leadership are detached from the urgent challenges facing returning veterans, but it’s even more troubling that Ms. Paul’s shockingly poor judgment did not merit immediate firing. She should have been fired the minute such poor judgment was discovered and failing to do so only reinforces VA's track record of failing to hold its employees accountable. – Pete Hegseth	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The Singapore judicial system’s shameful recourse to using torture – in the form of caning – to punish crimes that should be misdemeanors is indicative of a blatant disregard for international human rights standards, one of the defendants said that sentencing day was the darkest day of his life, but in reality every day that Singapore keeps caning on its books is a dark day for the country’s international reputation. – Phil Robertson	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We are going to file a suit to the Hague tribunal, which must investigate into these crimes against humanity, it is a test for humanity and moral dignity. Because turning a blind eye to such horrible and shameful crimes means indulging terrorists and aggressors and violating high European values for which Ukrainians are suffering and dying. – Ukrainian President Poroshenko	Found on CNN 9 years ago

It's not surprising that President Obama is attacking me personally, i'll tell you what is shameful is that we have a President that after 7 years still refuses to utter the words radical Islamic terrorism.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

That's shameful. That's not American. That's not who we are.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When I hear folks say that maybe we should just admit the Christians and not the Muslims (refugees), when I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which person who's fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted -- when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefited from protection when they were fleeing political persecution -- that's shameful. That's not American.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

When I hear political leaders suggesting that there would be a religious test for which a person who is fleeing from a war-torn country is admitted, when some of those folks themselves come from families who benefited from protection when they were fleeing political persecution, that's shameful, that's not American, that's not who we are. We don't have religious tests (for) our compassion.

– President Barack Obama

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In the past, old people considered remarriage as shameful.

– Kim Mi-yeon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

After 35 years of living with these shameful memories in secret, I was finally encouraged by all the other women who have recently told their stories.

– Sharon Van Ert

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Our hearts are broken to learn of the death of Deputy Bill Myers. Florida's law enforcement officers risk their lives daily to protect others, and any act of violence against these brave heroes is shameful and cowardly. My wife, Ann, and I send our sincerest condolences to Deputy Myers' family and brothers and sisters in Florida's law enforcement community.

– Sheriff Larry Ashley

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Nothing is more shameful than pocketing millions of dollars donated by good-hearted people who just wanted to help children afflicted with a terminal illness.

– New York

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I offer my heartfelt condolences and deepest sympathies to the loved ones of the U.S. servicemembers who were murdered and the law enforcement officer who was wounded in this shameful and cowardly act of violence.

– Attorney General Loretta Lynch

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

He is talking about people you and I know isn't he, and when people and business everywhere rejected his hateful comments, did he apologize? No. He doubled down. It is shameful and no one should stand for it.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on CNN
8 years ago

In Lebanon as well as in Jordan, an increasing number of refugees are being turned back at the border, this is inhuman and this is shameful.

– Lebanon Malala Yousafzai

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This surreptitious land grab reveals that the Obama administration will stop at nothing to lock up more and more land, with the stroke of a pen. I condemn this shameful power move which makes states and citizens fearful that the federal government can invade at any time to seize more lands like bandits in the night.

– Representative Rob Bishop of Utah

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The company has engaged in an invasion of Mr. Charney's privacy in a shameful attempt to extort him and gain leverage over him.

– Keith Fink

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

It’s shameful, he never met me before he said that. He never read the legislation. People will say what they say – I can’t control that.

– State Rep. Mike Johnson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I would have sold my mother for a rock of crack, i was a shameful suburban statistic.

– Tom Hardy

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I was a shameful suburban statistic.

– Tom Hardy

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

There was no lawful reason to turn anything over to the Hillary Clinton Foundation for review, it was an administrative ‘ stall tactic ’ consistent with the Clintons' cover-up strategy and facilitated by a complicit State Department. This is a shameful manipulation of the FOIA process to hide information from the public.

– Chris Farrell

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I left many people whom I love so much. I left my wife and our 4-year-old child, it is shameful to live like this. I just want a normal life.

– Sekou Yara

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

It is shameful to live like this. I just want a normal life.

– Sekou Yara

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

In order to ensure our criminal justice system is fair and equitable, my office is conducting an immediate assessment of every prosecution within the past 10 years where these officers were involved, this is a shameful incident that the public deserves to have addressed in a meaningful and expeditious manner.

– District Attorney George Gascón

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I was just so in awe of and respectful of NDTV's decision, very difficult decision for a broadcaster who has been told that broadcasting this film is now illegal, is somehow a shameful thing, to actually make that kind of statement ... was so admirable. I love NDTV. They are my heroes for doing this.

– Filmmaker Leslee Udwin

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

While this shameful act may be an isolated incident, what’s not isolated are the almost daily reports that feed the perception that VA leadership are detached from the urgent challenges facing returning veterans, but it’s even more troubling that Ms. Paul’s shockingly poor judgment did not merit immediate firing. She should have been fired the minute such poor judgment was discovered and failing to do so only reinforces VA's track record of failing to hold its employees accountable.

– Pete Hegseth

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The Singapore judicial system’s shameful recourse to using torture – in the form of caning – to punish crimes that should be misdemeanors is indicative of a blatant disregard for international human rights standards, one of the defendants said that sentencing day was the darkest day of his life, but in reality every day that Singapore keeps caning on its books is a dark day for the country’s international reputation.

– Phil Robertson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We are going to file a suit to the Hague tribunal, which must investigate into these crimes against humanity, it is a test for humanity and moral dignity. Because turning a blind eye to such horrible and shameful crimes means indulging terrorists and aggressors and violating high European values for which Ukrainians are suffering and dying.

– Ukrainian President Poroshenko

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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