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WITH THE EMBERS STILL BURNING: The scientific community has done a pronounced amount of hand-wringing about its involvement in the atomic bomb’s creation, and a disproportionately absent amount of the soul-searching with respects to its creation of the science of eugenics. The 450,000 deaths due to the bomb are relatively small in the shadow of the many millions dead as a result of National Socialism’s eugenic campaign. The casualties of The Holocaust are the casualties of the science of eugenics, which so many scientists had actively campaigned for leading up to World War II. Yet, the scientific community has confronted its complicity with collective silence and sometimes outright censorship. – A.E. Samaan	added by AlvaroSiman 1 year ago
The international community needs to really start to do some soul searching. Do they want to cooperate, engage as business as usual with a terrorist group or not ? Or do they want to put them in a different category in terms of their interactions or engagements ? – Yanghee Lee	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It was created as a deterrent to the Soviet Union. Won the Cold War without firing a shot. Then had to do some soul-searching through crisis management. And now, with Russian aggression, has come back full circle to its origins. Hardly what the Kremlin had in mind. – Prime Minister Stubbs	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I do think there needs to be more soul searching around how( Facebook) could have done better as a company, how could we have potentially prevented this, going as far back as December 2015 with President Trump. – Katie Harbath	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I was doing a lot of soul searching about whether or not I should have agreed to even make the change in the document, clearly, it was a directive, but that was a real struggle as I felt like what had been done was not good public health practice. – Jay Butler	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This is a decision made after many weeks of soul searching and many sleepless nights. This is a very difficult decision for us, and one we feel is necessary in this time of need, this is a decision that has left me with great sadness, and I truly mourn the loss of something that has been a major part of my identity. – Sanjeet Singh-Saluja	Found on CNN 3 years ago
If you are bored, you need some soul searching. – Brad Gilbert	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
This is soul searching, doctors will have to decide, now that this is here, what do they do when a patient is terminal and there is nothing more for them ? – Ted Mazer	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Advocates on both sides have strong cases for their point of view that cannot simply be dismissed. This has made evaluating the agreement a difficult and deliberate endeavor, and after deep study, careful thought and considerable soul-searching, I have decided I must oppose the agreement and will vote yes on a motion of disapproval. – Chuck Schumer	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Even this, i hope his personality has shown through. Whether it was an offhanded comment or not, if that's his true belief, then there needs to be some serious soul-searching as to whether or not he is a viable candidate for president. – Jack McCain	Found on CNN 8 years ago
People who are accusing the government of Syria, and who are saying the government of Syria has the blood of so many people on its hands should go back and do a bit of soul-searching and tell themselves what prevented a ceasefire in Syria a few years ago. – Mohammad Javad Zarif	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We can't just leave this to the police. I think there are police departments that have to do some soul searching. I think there's some communities that have to do some soul searching, but I think we as a country have to do some soul searching. This is not new. It's been going on for decades. – President Barack Obama	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I think there are police departments that have to do some soul-searching. I think there are some communities that have to do some soul-searching, but I think we as a country have to do some soul-searching. – President Barack Obama on Tuesday	Found on CNN 9 years ago

WITH THE EMBERS STILL BURNING: The scientific community has done a pronounced amount of hand-wringing about its involvement in the atomic bomb’s creation, and a disproportionately absent amount of the soul-searching with respects to its creation of the science of eugenics. The 450,000 deaths due to the bomb are relatively small in the shadow of the many millions dead as a result of National Socialism’s eugenic campaign. The casualties of The Holocaust are the casualties of the science of eugenics, which so many scientists had actively campaigned for leading up to World War II. Yet, the scientific community has confronted its complicity with collective silence and sometimes outright censorship.

– A.E. Samaan

added by AlvaroSiman
1 year ago

The international community needs to really start to do some soul searching. Do they want to cooperate, engage as business as usual with a terrorist group or not ? Or do they want to put them in a different category in terms of their interactions or engagements ?

– Yanghee Lee

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It was created as a deterrent to the Soviet Union. Won the Cold War without firing a shot. Then had to do some soul-searching through crisis management. And now, with Russian aggression, has come back full circle to its origins. Hardly what the Kremlin had in mind.

– Prime Minister Stubbs

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I do think there needs to be more soul searching around how( Facebook) could have done better as a company, how could we have potentially prevented this, going as far back as December 2015 with President Trump.

– Katie Harbath

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I was doing a lot of soul searching about whether or not I should have agreed to even make the change in the document, clearly, it was a directive, but that was a real struggle as I felt like what had been done was not good public health practice.

– Jay Butler

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This is a decision made after many weeks of soul searching and many sleepless nights. This is a very difficult decision for us, and one we feel is necessary in this time of need, this is a decision that has left me with great sadness, and I truly mourn the loss of something that has been a major part of my identity.

– Sanjeet Singh-Saluja

Found on CNN
3 years ago

If you are bored, you need some soul searching.

– Brad Gilbert

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

This is soul searching, doctors will have to decide, now that this is here, what do they do when a patient is terminal and there is nothing more for them ?

– Ted Mazer

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Advocates on both sides have strong cases for their point of view that cannot simply be dismissed. This has made evaluating the agreement a difficult and deliberate endeavor, and after deep study, careful thought and considerable soul-searching, I have decided I must oppose the agreement and will vote yes on a motion of disapproval.

– Chuck Schumer

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Even this, i hope his personality has shown through. Whether it was an offhanded comment or not, if that's his true belief, then there needs to be some serious soul-searching as to whether or not he is a viable candidate for president.

– Jack McCain

Found on CNN
8 years ago

People who are accusing the government of Syria, and who are saying the government of Syria has the blood of so many people on its hands should go back and do a bit of soul-searching and tell themselves what prevented a ceasefire in Syria a few years ago.

– Mohammad Javad Zarif

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We can't just leave this to the police. I think there are police departments that have to do some soul searching. I think there's some communities that have to do some soul searching, but I think we as a country have to do some soul searching. This is not new. It's been going on for decades.

– President Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I think there are police departments that have to do some soul-searching. I think there are some communities that have to do some soul-searching, but I think we as a country have to do some soul-searching.

– President Barack Obama on Tuesday

Found on CNN
9 years ago

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