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We hope protests are carried out in a peaceful way, but if they are not, we are prepared to give wrongdoers a forceful response.

Daniel Rodriguez

The protests must be pursued everywhere. Bush and Rice should keep quiet and we tell them that we will not forgive those who offend our Prophet.

Hassan Nasrallah

President Arafat is in control, but President Arafat is not trying and has no interest in stopping the peaceful Palestinian protests against the Israeli occupation. He believes that this is useful because his public is angry and frustrated.

Ghassan Khatib

The authority received protests from various police and community officials.

William Crowley

We will have small protests in the morning and the big one will be held in the afternoon.

Shobhakhar Parajuli

Protests have halted while government officials meet with local leaders to look for a solution.

Rigoberto Medina

Once you get a lot of people united, similar to the protests in Houston, and to make an impact, that statement can influence the law.

Osiris Santos

It's a bizarre working at cross- purposes. You have bad relations with this government, and you're selling them the means to put down opposition protests.

Adam Isacson

(Bush) is a selfish president and we're fed up. I'm going to be (at the protests) early and stay late. ... I'll camp out if I have to.

Daniel Pendergrass

Everyone wants to come to the June diamond jubilee celebration with grace and dignity. We don't want to have protests in the streets.

Thitinan Pongsudhirak

Most tankers carrying crude from our installations have stopped plying due to the protests and this is hampering our normal operations.

Nripen Bharali

He has profited from the riots and the protests.

Christophe Barbier

Our protests will continue. The European countries should realize the sentiments of Muslims. They should apologize to the Muslim world.

Liaqat Baluch

Public opinion will be focused on the protests against Bush.

Ricardo Israel

We're here today to hear any final protests to these final 31 roads. The commissioners are not here to take any action, only hear any complaints. You then have 90 days to accept the final roadmap for the county.

Clyde Melick

We will carry out protests outside the offices of the company and also confront them.

Nityanand Jayaraman

Ongoing protests are affecting investor sentiment negatively. Investors are now concerned whether the crisis will affect government economic policy.

Sukbir Khanijoh

I had the blessing or curse to be born into an activist family. My mom and dad were into the protests way before I was born. And once I was born, they raised me in that activist environment.

Justin Sane

The blockade has already disrupted movement of people and they are unable to attend our ongoing protests against the king in several places.

Sushil Koirala

We will start a peaceful protest ... tomorrow, ... It will be the start of continual protests until the election is overturned.

Ali Kerimli

We hope that after the protests the government ... withdraws the text. There is no other solution.

Julien Dray

The biggest reason that there haven't been more protests is that the government has taken effective measures to prevent them. More cautious reporting by the media has been a big factor.

Jin Linbo

We have given a call for nationwide protests after Friday prayers to condemn the publication of the cartoons.

Shahid Shamsi

I've been involved in protests like this for nearly 10 years, and I've never seen anything this big.

Rep. Kyrsten Sinema

There will be more ..n. bigger protests.

Shahid Shamsi

The protests must slow down because the situation has already been handled through a democratic system.

General Sonthi Boonyaratglin

We have changed our plans and are taking out smaller protests away from the main venue because of the curfew.

Yogesh Bhattarai

We have written letters to the principal, Dr Claude Packer, followed by petitions, meetings and silent protests, and they promised to discuss it in board meetings, two years now, but no response.

Dwayne Howell

It's one thing to monitor protests and protest organizers, but quite another thing to refer them to your counterterrorism unit.

Leslie Cagan

It only takes one protest to trigger a hearing, but I think they have two protests filed against them. (I) don't know the nature of what those protests are at this point.

Danny Brazell

From the point of view of the people in the streets, they are going ahead with their protests whether we contest the elections or not. So it's between him and the people on the streets.

Abhisit Vejjajiva

The seven-party alliance's Joint Movement Taskforce Committee has decided to launch nationwide protests against autocracy.

Rajendra Prasad Pandey

We are trying to make our protests more and more peaceful. We have to be careful because we are being infiltrated by government-sponsored vigilantes.

Gagan Thapa

This is a country which proves that it can make a difficult decision, a democratic decision, without fear, and that it is not afraid of threats and protests, ... On the other hand, it's a democratic country, in the sense that we can also protest, and we can also weep.

Shimon Peres

Arroyo has more sins, but she has the gall to use force to stop our protests.

Vencer Crisostomo

As protests continue, both demonstrators and police officers will be stressed out and we just don't know what will happen next.

Ajirawid Subarnbhesaj

It is as if (the Syrian protests) were a lesson to some in Lebanon to do the same.

Prime Minister Fuad Saniora

The protests will continue and we will hold a big demonstration in Islamabad today. If the government tries to stop it then it will be responsible for the consequences.

Shahid Shamsi

It is completely unacceptable that Syria has allowed the protests to develop into this and is not able to protect other countries' embassies.

Laila Freivalds

I really wanted to go and be part of the protests.

Josh Lucas

I had a lot of wonderful experiences. [There were] a lot of protests then. It was the Vietnam War. That gave us a lot of experience as young journalists.

James Nelson

The government is very worried about any upsurge of protests or dissent during this very delicate period immediately after Deng's death.

Mike Chinoy

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.

Valentina Tereshkova

ISM believes that the occupation can end through popular, peaceful protests that comply with international law for the protection of civilians.

Patrick O'connor

It kind of caught the department by surprise. There was just a large number of people who were there after the protests were filed.

Steve Spencer

It's a pretty bold move. I don't think public protests will be long lasting.

Richard Segal

Protests continue to disrupt trade in the Ivory Coast [commercial] capital of Abidjan.

Todd Hultman

While the impeachment has been killed, that would not solve the political crisis. There are still protests in the streets.

Franklin Drilon

Protests should slow down because the situation has been already handled through the democratic system.

General Sonthi Boonyaratglin

Our protests will be intensified on Friday.

Shobhakhar Parajuli

Protests demonstrate our marvelous democratic system.

Ken Arnold

There could be more agitation and protests in the future as the situation demands.

Baburam Bhattarai

Ultimately, the government might have been disposed to ignore the popular protests, but what they definitely could not ignore was international pressure and the threat of sanctions. That was key.

Fernando Rospigliosi

I think we need to start talking to each other about this and I'm not convinced protests are the best way to do that.

Riad Saloojee

Our protests must become more intensive and frequent. It is very important to show the whole world and above all the Azerbaijani government that not only political parties are protesting against the election results, but the entire people.

Ali Kerimli

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.

Lew Wallace

The reason behind the increase in protests during the parliament session is people try to get maximum mileage during these months and try to get heard.

Rajiv Ranjan

Everything pales when compared to this. These demonstrations are historic because they surpass in size any of the previous Latino-organized protests, going back to the '50s and '60s.

Jorge Mariscal

The protests were entirely to be expected. The Pakistanis know the U.S., if it gets high-quality intelligence, is going to act.

Daniel Benjamin

But, as ever, with each minimum wage increase comes the predictable wave of protests from business saying that it cannot afford another rise.

Brendan Barber

Peaceful protests are guaranteed by the constitution, rallies should not be prohibited.

Francis Escudero

Businessmen don't have a problem with a change in government or with the protests provided that everything is under the democratic system. What they fear the most is if the system is destroyed and we have to start all over again.

Anant Asavabhokin

We have called for peaceful, disciplined and focused protests and we will support them.

Mushahid Hussain

He is the biggest terrorist of the world and I support the protests against his visit.

Jyoti Basu

We're very confident that the protests will be dismissed. The residency requirement issue has already been thrown out of court.

Tracy Sabetta

They appropriate land with a pittance for the peasants, and that has given rise to the number of protests we have seen in the past year.

Fu Jun

But Australia has a very good record of not giving in to such protests.

Amanda Vanstone

Rather than protests, we are asking Muslims to use their energy in getting the message across by conducting open houses, interfaith meetings or conducting an educational seminar with a DVD screening.

Rabiah Ahmed

There were a series of protests calling for the removal of military recruiters. There was even a protest at the Career Fair. Of course, all of these protests were against the policy of recruitment, not against the military itself.

Chris Sgro

I believe that ultimately the evacuation and the protests will end without casualties.

Genmoshe Karadi

If these protests aren't halted soon, it is inevitable that someone will be killed.

Robin Eames

The very fact that members (of the Legislature) have renounced taking the unvouchered expenses ... leaves me with the impression that these protests are real, the pressure the lawmakers are feeling is real.

David A. Taylor

We condemn the crackdown on peaceful protests. We will continue to take out protests until all restrictions on the media are fully lifted.

Bishnu Nisthuri

People are allowed to protest in North Bergen when they get a permit to protest from the police department. There have been other protests in front of my home, but those people filed for permits. But no one told the police of any activity. They didn't know anything about it. You can't protest without a permit.

Hal Turner

Most of (the protests) are immigrant-driven marches. That's why you haven't had any big ones in San Antonio.

Andy Hernandez

We hope that some protests could be cleared up before the sale.

Duane Spencer

A silver lining to the Supreme Court's opinion is the court made it clear law schools are free to organize protests.

E. Joshua Rosenkranz