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Letter "D" » deplored
«Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored.»
«That most unfortunate war, which I deeply deplore.»
«We are not to judge thrift solely by the test of saving or spending. If one spends what he should prudently save, that certainly is to be deplored. But if one saves what he should prudently spend, that is not necessarily to be commended. A wise balance between the two is the desired end.»
«It is important, of course, that controversies be settled right, but there are many civil questions which arise between individuals in which it is not so important the controversy be settled one way or another as that it be settled. Of course a settlement of a controversy on a fundamentally wrong principle of law is greatly to be deplored, but there must of necessity be many rules governing the relations between members of the same society that are more important in that their establishment creates a known rule of action than that they proceed on one principle or another. Delay works always for the man with the longest purse.»
Author: William Howard Taft
(President)
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«War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.»
«I deplore the need or the use of troops anywhere to get American citizens to obey the orders of constituted courts.»
Author: Dwight David Eisenhower
(President)
| About:
America and Americans
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constituted, courts, court order, deplore, deplored, deploring, orders, Orders of, troops
«I deplore this kind of politics. I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As it is, none of these individuals served on the boat (Kerry) commanded. Many of his crew have testified to his courage under fire. I think John Kerry served honorably in Vietnam.»
Author: John McCain
(Politician, Senator)
| About:
John Kerry,
Vietnam
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deplored, testified
«Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
| About:
Birth,
Death and dying,
Men and Women
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aspects, deplore, deplored, deploring, pleased
«The earth may ring, from shore to shore,With echoes of a glorious name,But he, whose loss our tears deplore,Has left behind him more than fame.»
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