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Putin thought that he could easily topple Kyiv’s democratically elected government. He thought that the wider world would let him get away with it. He thought that our unity would splinter, but he was wrong – on each and every count. – Lloyd Austin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Don’t forget a cyclone brings severe damaging wind as well as heavy rain and swell, as the ground is already sodden, trees are more likely to topple, which could cause power outages. – Lisa Murray	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Red means you need to act now because there is an imminent danger to life, winds of 70 mph will uproot trees, which can block roads and crush cars or buildings. They can pick up roof tiles and hurl them around. If you're hit by one of those you will be seriously hurt or killed. Wind that strong will sweep people and vehicles off streets, and topple electricity lines. – Hannah Cloke	Found on CNN 2 years ago
He could blockade the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, he could launch a full-throttle assault on Kyiv, which we would obviously see. He could also use his Spetsnaz guys, special forces guys — and they're inside Ukraine already — to topple this Zelensky government. That's also an option. – Fox News	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If destiny will decide to topple my overgrown mesquite tree into the neighbor's yard, who knows. When the gods act up, we don't ask why. We keep quiet. We wait. – Lisa Zaran	added by scottholstad 2 years ago
It just might topple T. rex. – Stephanie Pierce	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Marches, protests, unrest and all the tools used in democracies to topple leaders are illicit in Islam. – Sheikh Yahya	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
President Trump is ready to end this war. It is over. It is done, we are not going to invade North Korea. We are not seeking to topple the North Korean regime. – Steve Biegun	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Pensions are bullet proof, absent divine intervention, they are nearly impossible to topple.This is frustrating. – David Cook	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It's perfectly clear from her full comments that Hillary Clinton was saying not a single American life was lost during the Libyan intervention. We heeded the calls of our allies, our partners in the region, and the Libyan people and helped topple a murderous dictator who was prepared to massacre his own citizens, all without putting American boots on the ground. – Jesse Lehrich	Found on CNN 8 years ago
The crime of executing Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr will topple the Saudi regime. – Iraqi Vice President Nuri al-Maliki	Found on CNN 8 years ago
( Bashar al -) Assad is a bad man. Gadhafi was a bad man. Hosni Mubarak had a terrible human rights record. But they were assisting us -- at least Gadhafi and Hosni Mubarak -- in fighting radical Islamic terrorists, if we topple Assad, the result will be ISIS will take over Syria, and it will worsen U.S. national security interests. – Ted Cruz	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Somebody needs to ask Hillary Clinton, was it a good idea to topple Gadhafi in Libya? I think it's a disaster. Libya is a failed state. Someone ought to pay and Hillary Clinton needs to answer questions about it. – Rand Paul	Found on CNN 8 years ago
These alleged charge papers therefore indicate that there is a conspiracy to topple a serving Prime Minister by criminalizing him, and that the methods include doctoring and criminal leakage. – Mohamed Apandi Ali	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We have the same goal: to topple the KMT. – Chang Liao	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
As president, I will stand with Israel and keep all options on the table, including military force, to topple the terrorist Iranian regime. – Mike Huckabee	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If the chance arises and the government cannot find a majority on the budget ... then I am sure the Social Democrats will take the opportunity to topple the government. – Rune Stubager	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I think it shows some instability in Kim Jong-Un's regime that he's being challenged, that he's got serious opposition especially within the military, i think he's putting himself in a situation that he's not only going to be challenged again and again, but that he's going to create some internal opposition that in the end could topple him. – Bill Richardson	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is a very tight race. Nothing is guaranteed because there is a huge, worldwide effort to topple the Likud government. – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Regrettably, the media campaign in the past few weeks over this report is a clear attempt to topple the prime minister and the Likud government by trifling with petty issues and distracting voters. – The Likud party	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Venezuela, today, is in a far worse situation than last year. The economy is in crisis. Crime is worse. Our aim is not to topple the regime, but to demand rights and changes to failed policies. – Fabio Valentini	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's a farce of the highest level, i would equate it to something like 'Airplane!' or 'Hot Shots!' you know. I mean it's funny but it's definitely nothing that could topple a monarchy. – Matt Orstein	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
She's crying on TV. She's tried everything else, she doesn't have any other cards to play. All of her countrymen know it and currency crises tend to topple governments more than anything else. – James Dondero	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

Putin thought that he could easily topple Kyiv’s democratically elected government. He thought that the wider world would let him get away with it. He thought that our unity would splinter, but he was wrong – on each and every count.

– Lloyd Austin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Don’t forget a cyclone brings severe damaging wind as well as heavy rain and swell, as the ground is already sodden, trees are more likely to topple, which could cause power outages.

– Lisa Murray

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Red means you need to act now because there is an imminent danger to life, winds of 70 mph will uproot trees, which can block roads and crush cars or buildings. They can pick up roof tiles and hurl them around. If you're hit by one of those you will be seriously hurt or killed. Wind that strong will sweep people and vehicles off streets, and topple electricity lines.

– Hannah Cloke

Found on CNN
2 years ago

He could blockade the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, he could launch a full-throttle assault on Kyiv, which we would obviously see. He could also use his Spetsnaz guys, special forces guys — and they're inside Ukraine already — to topple this Zelensky government. That's also an option.

– Fox News

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

If destiny will decide to topple my overgrown mesquite tree into the neighbor's yard, who knows. When the gods act up, we don't ask why. We keep quiet. We wait.

– Lisa Zaran

added by scottholstad
2 years ago

It just might topple T. rex.

– Stephanie Pierce

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

Marches, protests, unrest and all the tools used in democracies to topple leaders are illicit in Islam.

– Sheikh Yahya

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

President Trump is ready to end this war. It is over. It is done, we are not going to invade North Korea. We are not seeking to topple the North Korean regime.

– Steve Biegun

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Pensions are bullet proof, absent divine intervention, they are nearly impossible to topple.This is frustrating.

– David Cook

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It's perfectly clear from her full comments that Hillary Clinton was saying not a single American life was lost during the Libyan intervention. We heeded the calls of our allies, our partners in the region, and the Libyan people and helped topple a murderous dictator who was prepared to massacre his own citizens, all without putting American boots on the ground.

– Jesse Lehrich

Found on CNN
8 years ago

The crime of executing Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr will topple the Saudi regime.

– Iraqi Vice President Nuri al-Maliki

Found on CNN
8 years ago

( Bashar al -) Assad is a bad man. Gadhafi was a bad man. Hosni Mubarak had a terrible human rights record. But they were assisting us -- at least Gadhafi and Hosni Mubarak -- in fighting radical Islamic terrorists, if we topple Assad, the result will be ISIS will take over Syria, and it will worsen U.S. national security interests.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Somebody needs to ask Hillary Clinton, was it a good idea to topple Gadhafi in Libya? I think it's a disaster. Libya is a failed state. Someone ought to pay and Hillary Clinton needs to answer questions about it.

– Rand Paul

Found on CNN
8 years ago

These alleged charge papers therefore indicate that there is a conspiracy to topple a serving Prime Minister by criminalizing him, and that the methods include doctoring and criminal leakage.

– Mohamed Apandi Ali

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We have the same goal: to topple the KMT.

– Chang Liao

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

As president, I will stand with Israel and keep all options on the table, including military force, to topple the terrorist Iranian regime.

– Mike Huckabee

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If the chance arises and the government cannot find a majority on the budget ... then I am sure the Social Democrats will take the opportunity to topple the government.

– Rune Stubager

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I think it shows some instability in Kim Jong-Un's regime that he's being challenged, that he's got serious opposition especially within the military, i think he's putting himself in a situation that he's not only going to be challenged again and again, but that he's going to create some internal opposition that in the end could topple him.

– Bill Richardson

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It is a very tight race. Nothing is guaranteed because there is a huge, worldwide effort to topple the Likud government.

– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Regrettably, the media campaign in the past few weeks over this report is a clear attempt to topple the prime minister and the Likud government by trifling with petty issues and distracting voters.

– The Likud party

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Venezuela, today, is in a far worse situation than last year. The economy is in crisis. Crime is worse. Our aim is not to topple the regime, but to demand rights and changes to failed policies.

– Fabio Valentini

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's a farce of the highest level, i would equate it to something like 'Airplane!' or 'Hot Shots!' you know. I mean it's funny but it's definitely nothing that could topple a monarchy.

– Matt Orstein

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

She's crying on TV. She's tried everything else, she doesn't have any other cards to play. All of her countrymen know it and currency crises tend to topple governments more than anything else.

– James Dondero

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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