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We don't have ETA claiming these attacks but (they) bear its signatures... ETA is aiming at disrupting democracy in Spain. Terrorism is always aiming at undermining our principles and values and our ability to live peacefully in democracy.

Ana Palacio

I want to invite the premier to lower his tone and stop what appears to be a real strategy of tension, an undermining of the electoral victory that increases the bitterness.

Massimo D'alema

People in the U.S. were hoarding gold. It was undermining the nation's financial system. And FDR, almost as soon as he became president, within a couple of days, took us, by executive order, off the gold standard.

David Redden

We're here to offer a public witness against a state-mandated undermining of the institution of marriage. Oct. 1 is a tragic day because it's the first day a law goes into effect that states a legislative belief that children don't need both a mom and a dad.

Peter Wolfgang

We believe there is not going to be any undermining of the environment.

Neil Abercrombie

This provision actually provides a back door for undermining that.

Murray Mollard

Every extra delay reduces the chances of a deal being done that will lift people out of poverty, ... Promises have been made repeatedly by rich countries to remove barriers to farm trade. But this rearguard action by the French and other EU member states is undermining even the minimal progress made.

Celine Charveriat

It is clear that a substantial section of the public believes what she did was undermining good governance, irrespective of the rights and wrongs of this particular case. This suggests the presidency will have to reformulate the guidelines in an appropriate manner.

Paul Graham

Terrorism first and foremost is a psychological weapon aimed at undermining policies and values. It's a tough balance.

Frank Cilluffo

Earle's actions are aimed at undermining Republican congressional leadership, the party's legislative agenda and our chances in the 2006 federal and state elections.

Ray Sullivan

The ruling party under President Yoweri Museveni is playing a dirty game of intimidating the electorate and undermining the opposition. The illegal involvement of the army in the campaign scares the electorate, while the opposition has its hands tied by politically motivated criminal charges against its leaders.

Jemera Rone

Stop Undermining My Constitutional Right to Represent Myself.

Charles Freeman

[Oxfam, the international aid agency, said in a press release that] renewed deadlock in world trade talks due to lack of movement by the E.U. could scupper the chances of a deal being done by the end of the year and signal continued suffering for millions of poor farmers. ... Rear-guard action by the French and other E.U. member states is undermining even the minimal progress made.

Celine Charveriat

By firing my assistant the board is undermining township government and the fiscal officer.

Lori Montag

I will not uphold a breach of international law or this undermining of the U.N. and will resign from the government.

Clare Short

The whole region is likely to be hit by tourist cancellations, undermining growth to some degree in Q4 (the October-December period).

George Worthington

If your house has got a gaping hole in the roof, and water's pouring in and it's undermining the whole house and the foundation, you don't say you're going to double up on the mortgage payments and just keep paying that off, and we're not going to care what happens to the house. You pay attention to fundamentals.

Peter Mclaughlin

If the U.S. and the world do not buy the necessary time for Iraq to be able to shoulder their own infrastructure, it will risk undermining, or even reversing, the value of the investments we have made.

Stuart Bowen

I had hoped to use my appointment to overcome the dispute over individuals. Unfortunately, my own appointment is now suddenly drawing unnecessary controversy which risks further undermining the commission's larger purpose.

Rep. Lou Lang

It runs the risk of undermining the manner in which we consider the cases. Certainly it will change our proceedings. And I don't think for the better.

Clarence Thomas

Enron is providing the counterforce right now. It's undermining a number of industries such as utilities, banks, insurance and energy companies.

Ned Riley

I am told that I literally represent garbage and I bring garbage into the community and I'm undermining the community.

Marti Forman

I can't see any particular catalyst for the market going lower because there is the prospect of economic recovery, and improving expectations for economic growth in due course should feed through to improving expectations for earnings and should stop undermining apparently bad valuations.

Robert Kerr

Instead of undermining protections that America's coasts have long enjoyed, the Sierra Club is urging Congress and the administration to move more in the direction of Senators Nelson and Martinez. It's time to shift the national debate on offshore drilling closer to securing permanent protection for America's fragile coasts.

Melinda Pierce

I feel pretty good about what happened yesterday. People are fed up. They don?t want taxes to go up, but cutting teachers is like shooting yourself in the head and then bleeding to death. If they don?t do something soon, the board is going to see the privatization of schools undermining the system. Giving them input is one thing, but if they don?t use it - what?s the sense?

Tom Wachs

It is an odd war, because the side that I think is losing garners all the press. Yet we hear nothing of the other side that is ever so slowly, shrewdly undermining the enemy.

Victor Davis Hanson

Helped disrupt shared cultural memory, undermining community unity and adding to the pressures that have induced millions of Americans, white and black, to leave the cities for the suburbs and small towns.

William Leach

These cuts will bring devastation to the delivery of vocational courses, apprenticeships and adult learning, seriously undermining the government's skills agenda.

Mark Serwotka

When times get tough, we leave (for Australia). Migration will get worse in the next 18 months, undermining the housing market.

Tony Alexander

'Catch-22' undermines the whole heroic logic of World War II, ... It was really refreshing and interesting for me, as a young man learning about modern history and literature, to see how powerful a single writer could be in undermining the whole social mind-set.

Mark Bowden

The ruling party is playing a dirty game of intimidating the electorate and undermining the opposition.

Jemera Rone

I do not support what is, in my estimation, undermining and diminishing the sanctity of legal marriage. It could create a situation where people don't need to get married.

Suffolk Legis

With the privilege, we and our clients are secure in the knowledge that we cannot be subpoenaed or otherwise forced to divulge what they tell us. Only with the protection of attorney-client privilege can our clients tell us the whole story and only then can we provide effective counsel or advocacy. Any undermining of that privilege is a cause of great concern to the profession.

Vincent Buzard

I think if the Interior gets involved in undermining the decision-making right of a sovereign nation, they are treading on very shaky ground.

Keith Harper

If he's not careful, he's running the risk of actually undermining the thing that made him. Trump Tampa may make sense, but what about Trump Boise? How far does it go?

Paul Parkin

This could be an important first step toward undermining (the 2003 ruling) without overruling it.

Richard Hasen

We wish to caution against actions that have the effect of breaking our country's laws, undermining the work of security agencies, and denigrating the offices of institutions of our democracy, including The Presidency.

Joel Netshitenzhe

We don't think these large mergers are good for consumers. They put more utilities in fewer and fewer hands, increasing the likelihood of complex financial structures that will be less transparent and undermining the ability of state regulators to protect consumers.

Tyson Slocum

The Supreme Court that used to be pushing us forward is undermining efforts to desegregate.

Gary Orfield

If you hand over these people, you would contribute to undermining the regime. The Syrian government might think that sanctions are a better alternative at the end of the day.

Marwan Kabalan

It's a message that's undermining the war on terrorism.

Melanie Morgan