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The policy now seems to be that `if you say you are friends with us in the war on terror, we`ll forget about what you do to your own people,` ... That`s unbelievable to me. There is absolutely no shame - it`s disgraceful.

- Donald Payne

Islam is a religion of success. Unlike Christianity, which has as its main image, in the west at least, a man dying in a devastating, disgraceful, helpless death.

- Karen Armstrong

I respectfully submit that the alleged abuses by President Clinton do not indicate that he is a danger to the nation, ... Lying to the public and to his cabinet and aids is disgraceful, but if we would impeach all officials who lie about personal or official matters, I fear that the halls of government would be seriously depleted.

- James Hamilton

It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.

- Alastair Bedwell

The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.

- Alex Maskey

As much as I value an union of all the states, I would not admit the southern states into the union, unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade, because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.

- Alex Maskey

The Cold War in Africa is one of the darkest, most disgraceful pages in contemporary history, and everybody ought to be ashamed.

- Andrea Bagley

I think the way NOW characterized Smith Barney is disgraceful. I am appalled that an organization like that would not have reserved judgment (until) making their own investigation.

- Angie Cunningham

Hard as it may appear in individual cases, dependent poverty ought to be held disgraceful

- Barbara Rittner

An autobiography is only to be trusted when it reveals something disgraceful. A man who gives a good account of himself is probably lying, since any life when viewed from the inside is simply a series of defeats.

- George Orwell

An avowal of poverty is no disgrace to any man; to make no effort to escape it is indeed disgraceful

- Thucydides