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What you see with wokeness is driving people to take down statues of Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson – trying to rewrite our history, you have wokeness driving people to try to convince us that men can get pregnant. – Ron DeSantis	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
We are thrilled and humbled to be getting bronze statues of our characters from Breaking Bad permanently placed at the Convention Center in downtown Albuquerque, the Duke City for decades has meant so much to us over the years, and we want to thank everyone in ABQ, for not only being great hosts through our show and Better Call Saul but being an important character in the storytelling as well. – Bryan Cranston	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Even with the statues above the altar covered and some of the windows boarded [ in preparation for a possible Russian invasion ] — it was inspiring. – Colleen Thompson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Our officers are very familiar with the many ways smugglers try to evade inspection, officers learn to think creatively about where things might be hidden because drugs can be anywhere – inside books, auto parts, spools of ribbon, crepe makers, study binders, food, statues, photo frames – if there is space inside an item it could contain something illegal. – Thomas Mahn	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I believe it was an attempt to discredit the hard work I put into removing the statues and monuments to my ancestor. – Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I never thought in my lifetime, I would see Richmond and Charlottesville get rid of their statues, they're idols of white supremacy and symbols of racism and hate. And for me as a Christian, and many other faiths feel this way too, we can't have idols in our public square. That just doesn't square right with what we're trying to do as a community, as a state, a commonwealth or a nation. – Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee	Found on CNN 2 years ago
They took ownership of the statue, not only because of the subject matter, but because for the first time someone brought a large scale public artwork to their community, which sometimes is passed over for more' deserving' locations, this is our goal. Confront Art is inspiring. Confront Art is a catalyst for conversation, and bringing these pieces into communities where they spark conversation and inspiration... well, then our mission with these statues will be a success. – Confront Art	Found on CNN 2 years ago
( Removing the statues) is one small step closer to the goal of helping Charlottesville, Virginia, and America grapple with its sin of being willing to destroy Black people for economic gains. – Nikuyah Walker	Found on CNN 2 years ago
This represents a shift in the conversation about monuments from mere demands for removal to concern for what happens to statues after they're removed. – Jalane Schmidt	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We are pleased to say that the statues and the bodies of the general and Civil War-related wife will be placed somewhere that that will be honored and respected as all American veterans and citizens should be respected. – Donnie Kennedy	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I'm going to put those numbers first and then we can discuss it, i don't know. Maybe we can have three statues in different ways. We will see what happens. – Fernando Tatis	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
God: He can make you say things, he can make you go places, (For example) the secretary of state, he can make you do things like write a book or dress up as Mario for Halloween, he can hit Jesus statues with lightening, he can make you type words over the internet, he can make you pick your nose without you even knowing he's making you do it, he has control over all your behaviors without you even knowing it. So I ask myself if God has so much power, if God is so intelligent, if he is so connected to us, than why is there so much evil in the world and why doesn't he stop it? The only thing I can think of is that he is pure evil and doesn't want to stop it. – Ryan Pack	added by littleking 3 years ago
Like many areas of the country, the City of London has a number of statues and other landmarks with links to the slave trade and historic racism, it's important that we acknowledge and address this legacy with openness and honesty, and carefully consider what should be done. – Caroline Addy	Found on CNN 3 years ago
President Donald Trump and I will always support the right of Americans to peaceful protest, but rioting and looting is not peaceful protest, tearing down statues is not free speech. Those who do so will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, last week, Joe Biden didn't say one word about the violence and chaos engulfing cities across this country. Let me be clear, the violence must stop, whether in Minneapolis, Portland, or Kenosha. – Vice President Pence	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Some people have taken these false doctrines to heart. The rioters pulling down statues thus see nothing wrong with desecrating monuments to those who fought for Unalienable Rights -- from our founding to the present day, this is a dark vision of America's birth. I reject it. It's a disturbed reading of our history. It's a slander on our great people. – Secretary Pompeo	Found on CNN 3 years ago
After saying she was open to tearing down statues of George Washington, Tammy Duckworth is now using her military service to deflect from her support for the left-wing campaign to villainize America's founding. – The Trump campaign on Tuesday	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The analogy that comes to mind is Confederate statues, most Confederate statues weren't put up right after the Civil War. They were part of the spreading of the Lost Cause Theory, and then Jim Crow and segregation. They had a purpose in the eyes of the public. – Marc Leepson	Found on CNN 3 years ago
As a descendent of Confederate veterans and slave owners, the least I can do to atone for the pain my family has caused them is to oppose this statue, these statues only exist in a sick attempt to preserve human slavery. – Grace Arnold	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Both the Prime Minister and his Home Secretary seemed more occupied about statues of slave traders being toppled than the death toll from the Atlantic slave trade. – Diane Abbott	Found on CNN 3 years ago
They should have a specific museum for those monuments and statues - a museum that portrays the history of slave-owners, the history of the transatlantic slave trade is very cruel, it's not a good thing. However, we have to remember what happened in the past so we don't repeat what happened. – Anthony Bouadi	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We all agree with the report's finding that our city must not maintain statues that serve as validating symbols for racist or bigoted ideology -- that's why we relocated the Confederate statue near the University of Louisville. – Greg Fischer.Fischer	Found on CNN 3 years ago
And we still have 91 groups we are working on recording, the items being offered out of Yemen are significant. Carved stone, bronze statues, even historic items and weapons. – Katie Paul	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
The items being offered out of Yemen are significant. Carved stone, bronze statues, even historic items and weapons. – Katie Paul	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We reported Zahran Hashim to national intelligence about three years ago, at the end of 2018, in December, when we had this crisis where some youth damaged Buddhist statues, we went back again to intelligence and gave them all the info we had on him and told them they should try to catch him. – Hilmy Ahamed	Found on CNN 5 years ago

What you see with wokeness is driving people to take down statues of Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson – trying to rewrite our history, you have wokeness driving people to try to convince us that men can get pregnant.

– Ron DeSantis

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

We are thrilled and humbled to be getting bronze statues of our characters from Breaking Bad permanently placed at the Convention Center in downtown Albuquerque, the Duke City for decades has meant so much to us over the years, and we want to thank everyone in ABQ, for not only being great hosts through our show and Better Call Saul but being an important character in the storytelling as well.

– Bryan Cranston

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Even with the statues above the altar covered and some of the windows boarded [ in preparation for a possible Russian invasion ] — it was inspiring.

– Colleen Thompson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Our officers are very familiar with the many ways smugglers try to evade inspection, officers learn to think creatively about where things might be hidden because drugs can be anywhere – inside books, auto parts, spools of ribbon, crepe makers, study binders, food, statues, photo frames – if there is space inside an item it could contain something illegal.

– Thomas Mahn

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I believe it was an attempt to discredit the hard work I put into removing the statues and monuments to my ancestor.

– Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I never thought in my lifetime, I would see Richmond and Charlottesville get rid of their statues, they're idols of white supremacy and symbols of racism and hate. And for me as a Christian, and many other faiths feel this way too, we can't have idols in our public square. That just doesn't square right with what we're trying to do as a community, as a state, a commonwealth or a nation.

– Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They took ownership of the statue, not only because of the subject matter, but because for the first time someone brought a large scale public artwork to their community, which sometimes is passed over for more' deserving' locations, this is our goal. Confront Art is inspiring. Confront Art is a catalyst for conversation, and bringing these pieces into communities where they spark conversation and inspiration... well, then our mission with these statues will be a success.

– Confront Art

Found on CNN
2 years ago

( Removing the statues) is one small step closer to the goal of helping Charlottesville, Virginia, and America grapple with its sin of being willing to destroy Black people for economic gains.

– Nikuyah Walker

Found on CNN
2 years ago

This represents a shift in the conversation about monuments from mere demands for removal to concern for what happens to statues after they're removed.

– Jalane Schmidt

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We are pleased to say that the statues and the bodies of the general and Civil War-related wife will be placed somewhere that that will be honored and respected as all American veterans and citizens should be respected.

– Donnie Kennedy

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I'm going to put those numbers first and then we can discuss it, i don't know. Maybe we can have three statues in different ways. We will see what happens.

– Fernando Tatis

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

God: He can make you say things, he can make you go places, (For example) the secretary of state, he can make you do things like write a book or dress up as Mario for Halloween, he can hit Jesus statues with lightening, he can make you type words over the internet, he can make you pick your nose without you even knowing he's making you do it, he has control over all your behaviors without you even knowing it. So I ask myself if God has so much power, if God is so intelligent, if he is so connected to us, than why is there so much evil in the world and why doesn't he stop it? The only thing I can think of is that he is pure evil and doesn't want to stop it.

– Ryan Pack

added by littleking
3 years ago

Like many areas of the country, the City of London has a number of statues and other landmarks with links to the slave trade and historic racism, it's important that we acknowledge and address this legacy with openness and honesty, and carefully consider what should be done.

– Caroline Addy

Found on CNN
3 years ago

President Donald Trump and I will always support the right of Americans to peaceful protest, but rioting and looting is not peaceful protest, tearing down statues is not free speech. Those who do so will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, last week, Joe Biden didn't say one word about the violence and chaos engulfing cities across this country. Let me be clear, the violence must stop, whether in Minneapolis, Portland, or Kenosha.

– Vice President Pence

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Some people have taken these false doctrines to heart. The rioters pulling down statues thus see nothing wrong with desecrating monuments to those who fought for Unalienable Rights -- from our founding to the present day, this is a dark vision of America's birth. I reject it. It's a disturbed reading of our history. It's a slander on our great people.

– Secretary Pompeo

Found on CNN
3 years ago

After saying she was open to tearing down statues of George Washington, Tammy Duckworth is now using her military service to deflect from her support for the left-wing campaign to villainize America's founding.

– The Trump campaign on Tuesday

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The analogy that comes to mind is Confederate statues, most Confederate statues weren't put up right after the Civil War. They were part of the spreading of the Lost Cause Theory, and then Jim Crow and segregation. They had a purpose in the eyes of the public.

– Marc Leepson

Found on CNN
3 years ago

As a descendent of Confederate veterans and slave owners, the least I can do to atone for the pain my family has caused them is to oppose this statue, these statues only exist in a sick attempt to preserve human slavery.

– Grace Arnold

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Both the Prime Minister and his Home Secretary seemed more occupied about statues of slave traders being toppled than the death toll from the Atlantic slave trade.

– Diane Abbott

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They should have a specific museum for those monuments and statues - a museum that portrays the history of slave-owners, the history of the transatlantic slave trade is very cruel, it's not a good thing. However, we have to remember what happened in the past so we don't repeat what happened.

– Anthony Bouadi

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We all agree with the report's finding that our city must not maintain statues that serve as validating symbols for racist or bigoted ideology -- that's why we relocated the Confederate statue near the University of Louisville.

– Greg Fischer.Fischer

Found on CNN
3 years ago

And we still have 91 groups we are working on recording, the items being offered out of Yemen are significant. Carved stone, bronze statues, even historic items and weapons.

– Katie Paul

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

The items being offered out of Yemen are significant. Carved stone, bronze statues, even historic items and weapons.

– Katie Paul

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We reported Zahran Hashim to national intelligence about three years ago, at the end of 2018, in December, when we had this crisis where some youth damaged Buddhist statues, we went back again to intelligence and gave them all the info we had on him and told them they should try to catch him.

– Hilmy Ahamed

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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