Shameful Quotations

It is not cowardly, quite the contrary, to seek to meet the adversary and know his intentions. However, it is cowardly, shameful and treasonable to lay down arms.

I am telling you, as a president of the country, I do not find it a mistake to listen to you and to respond to your requests and demands. But it is shameful and I will not, nor will ever accept to hear foreign dictations, whatever the source might be or whatever the context it came in.

Whoever is detected in a shameful fraud is ever after not believed even if they speak the truth.

But when we came out of camp, that's when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.

Even if we encounter some shameful events in the past, we shouldn't avoid or hide them.

Concealing what is shameful to you will never lead to anything of value.

During the 41 years that have elapsed since Costa Rica abolished its army, our fundamental freedoms have never been threatened, nor do we know a shameful history of repression.

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

The federal government should not be an accessory to the unconstitutional actions of the Arizona state government. By continuing to work with Arizona police departments operating under SB 1070, the Department is implicitly condoning the shameful tactics authorized by the new law.

I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.

Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

Many of the countries highlighted in this report have absolutely abysmal records of torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees. The United States government must do all it can to end the global culture of torture. But real change can only occur if the Bush Administration not only admits that its own policies perpetuate torture and ill treatment, but also cleans house and stops warehousing detainees in countries with shameful human rights records.

Some ministers are fond of talking about a return to Victorian values. We must realise that those Victorian values are being expressed by some of the younger people in this society in shameful and disturbing disregard for other members of their generation who are not as fortunate as they are in having a job.

Politicians have no role in these tragic experiences except to protect our fundamental right to privacy. These are the ideals and values I fought when I stood up on what has proven to be the most shameful days I experienced in Congress.

possibly the most shameful situation that I've ever gotten myself in in my life.

I find some of the rhetoric being used against this deal shameful and irresponsible. There is bigotry coming out here.

I enjoy talking to you more than anybody else because I never feel I am giving myself away and so can admit to shady, dishonest, crawling, cowardly, unjust, arrogant, snobbish, lecherous, perverted and generally shameful feelings that I don't want anybody else to know about; but most of all because I am always on the verge of violent laughter when talking to you.If you were here, I keep thinking, we would spend the time in talk and drink and smoke and I should be laughing a lot of the time, and I should be enjoying myself a lot of the time.

For too long, immigrant women have been abused and exploited in this country. This project aims to challenge the systems that keep immigrant women in slavery-like conditions in the United States. It is shameful that the sexual abuse of poor immigrant women continues in this nation in the 21st century.

He was treated in a way that was shameful to our country.

Whatever Robbie's intention, his legal action has created the impression he thinks it is shameful to be gay.

Historically, over the last two or three hundred years, the relationship that we've had with money as a society - having money, talking about money - has been a little bit of a shameful thing. Splashing money about is clearly wrong, but there's nothing wrong about giving it back.

The packer knows better. It's shameful that so many people can get hurt from making this kind of a mistake.

This was one of the most shameful and arrogant acts ever committed against consumers.

I think it's shameful that they didn't warn the American people.

I think it's shameful that there is no barrier there. It's just shameful. Nobody saw the car drive off the ramp. Nobody heard it splash in the water.

I think it's shameful that there is no barrier.

It is more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them

We must tell the truth -- the (czar's) massacre has become one of the most shameful pages of our history, ... By burying the innocent victims we want to expiate the sins of our ancestors.

All work which is necessary ennobles him who performs it. Only one thing is shameful - to contribute nothing to the community.

I shall not rest until every German sees that it is a shameful thing to be a lawyer.

How shameful. How predictable! How insipid. And how sweet.

Though Gray Davis now apparently has finally taken my advice of last week and issued the executive order, his delay here -- as it has been in so many areas as the energy crisis and the budget crisis -- is absolutely shameful and intolerable.

This shameful display of angry partisanship from Howard Dean is more of the angry face of the Democratic Party, and it's not helping us win the war on terror.

The players had bad personal relations, their egos led to this shameful end. My mistake was not throwing three or four of them off the team. They hate each other so much that they don't even look at each other. I've never seen such people before.

The players had bad personal relations, and that's what led to this shameful end. My mistake was not throwing five to six of them off the team. They don't even talk with each other, everyone only looks after his own interest. I've never seen such people before.

We will not be able to move past this scandal as a nation until there is full independent investigation of all that has gone wrong in our detention and interrogation policy, and all the persons found responsible for these shameful policies are held accountable,

Birds in their little nest agree; and 'Tis a shameful sight, when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight.

There's no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

Is it not shameful that when the national president-elect of the IMA is ridiculed, association members remain silent?

Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman ''other'' or flawed derivative of the author; the lack of a pen is no longer a shameful mark of secondary status but a positively enabling space, just as within every writer can be seen to lurk, as a repressed but contaminating antithesis, a reader.

Compared to being caught in the wrong body, being plagued by 'dysmorphic OCD thoughts,' being gay is commonplace and mostly accepted. What once seemed unimaginable and shameful has been revealed to be perfectly normal.

As a kid, I was always mistaken for a girl. Before you reach that age where your sexuality starts to display itself, kids can look very androgynous, and I guess I leaned more toward the feminine. All those things were very hard, growing up, because you're trying to create an identity, and you're feeling shameful about the one that you're making.

This is a shameful exercise by two groups who it appears have bargained successfully in fat times; but in hard times, the talk turns to nuclear options .... You need to begin today, tonight ... you need to get down to this privately now.

This is shameful and shows the kind of courts we have.

This Council has a shameful record of treating nationalists as second class citizens and of attempting to deny any expression and recognition of the nationalist tradition in the city boundaries.

Thirty-eight games - that's when the season ends. That's what I've always believed. What a shameful thought, to pack up and go home with seven games to go. I didn't hear players saying that, but I heard people around the place saying 'they have got nothing to play for, they won't be motivated'.

There is no way that increased gas prices at the pump could have been reflected in two days after the hurricane with spikes of 30 to 50 cents per gallon, ... It is shameful and unconscionable that these oil companies are making profits off people's misery with this hurricane.

This looks like a shameful attempt to encourage public schools to teach Christianity.

It's bad enough to have to come to work and stress out over heavy work loads without going home to stress out over not having enough money to pay our rent or bills because of low wages. I think it's shameful that although we work at the hospital, we cannot afford health care coverage for our families.

It is shameful and incredible that the government isn't managing to overcome this stalemate, which is increasingly damaging Italy's credibility.

It's nothing more than just piling on. It's shameful ... It makes me angry, both as her lawyer and an American.

It's one of the shameful secrets we have, the beating of homeless for sport. It's a recreation thing, it's an initiation for gangs and fraternities.

It is the inept handling of buffer stock, which has resulted in such a shameful decision (import wheat).

It's shameful that the National Zoo allowed her to decline to this point. Toni's death should prompt serious re-evaluation of the National Zoo's ability to care for elephants. The zoo simply does not have the space to meet the vast needs of earth's largest land mammal.

It's shameful that once again the Bush administration resorted to attacking the patriotism of fellow Americans rather than answering legitimate questions surrounding the president's failures in Iraq.

It's shameful that Democrats are so eager to exploit this national crisis that they revert to finger-pointing for political gain rather than talking about any solutions.

Everybody has had not their day in court, they've had their years in court, ... It's shameful that the victims of this state, in fact, have to not fear the courts, not the defense lawyers, not the defendants, but they have to fear their very own governor.

It's being called the '65 percent solution,' but we regard it as really 100 percent deception. It's a shameful and deceptive effort to distract people from the real issues facing students and schools.

The U.S. media have done a shameful job of reporting on the Arab world.

The need for raising the awareness of this shameful chapter in U.S. history is more apparent than ever.

It's really shameful to try to exploit the death of a law enforcement officer for political purposes, as is obviously being done here.

The insurance companies have already caused a six-month delay by taking this to federal court under a false premise. I think it is shameful that the insurance industry would drag this out while people are living in limbo. I just want to know how much money they've saved themselves holding on to these people's money?

The Congress can pass it. The President can sign it. But this shameful law will not stand, ... We will challenge the constitutionality of this special- interest extravaganza in every court where the rights of gun violence victims are being threatened.

I'm satisfied that this result does justice, returns taxpayer dollars, and helps bring closure to a shameful chapter in state history,

If you're in the market for guidance, this is probably not a bad way to go. A lot of people will try to shame you into thinking you shouldn't be paying for help. But there's nothing shameful in doing it.

For my family, that was a shameful thing. My mom and sister lived very afraid, and to them, being a guerrilla was considered subversive, like being a criminal. The army committed most of the crimes in our town, but my family felt they needed to respect authority. I always questioned authority. In the end, if we didn't do something, we were going to get recruited, period.

Craziness was considered funny, like all other things that were in reality frightening and profoundly shameful.

Malevolence is shameful but satisfying.

The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.

The U.N. can bring pressures on the United States because of the shameful findings.

The empty suits at UAL world headquarters are dropping their bags of money only long enough to pat themselves on the back for a job well done. The fact is that United survived in spite of its current leadership, not because of it. The true heroes of this shameful bankruptcy ordeal are the IAM members and other front-line employees who work every day at reduced rates while delivering a first-rate product.

The Empire State Building stands as a shameful monument to building owners' failure to take security seriously post 9/11. We call on Peter Malkin and the Empire State Building to make sure security officers are paid right and trained right.

The increased number of domestic violence cases coming in through the LBH-APIK shows that women are becoming more aware that domestic violence is a crime and no longer something shameful to be hidden away.

All too often we hear stories of veterans who are ignored or disrespected by government. What a shameful way to treat men and women who risked their lives to defend Canada. This shame will end with the election of a new government.

It was never shameful to learn from any teacher things that are useful to know.

It's so shameful of me: I like you.

Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari. Even war is preferable to a shameful peace.

It is a shameful thing to insult a child.

To be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.