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We went and covered up the tourists that died -- God rest their souls -- and waited, terrified, in complete chaos. We were scared that -- God forbid -- there might be a second shooter. It was all just a mess. – Abdul Ali Ladhari	Found on CNN 9 years ago
God forbid our love will harm Essa Khan or his family. – Hamid Haidary	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Heaven forbid we've got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or apprehended someone who is engaged in dangerous activity, but we didn't do so simply because of inaction in the Senate. – President Obama	Found on CNN 9 years ago
I don't want us to be in a situation in which, for a certain period of time, those authorities go away, and suddenly we're dark, and heaven forbid we've got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or apprehended someone who is engaged in dangerous activity but we didn't do so simply because of inaction in the Senate. – President Barack Obama on Friday	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The law does not forbid pictures of the sunset, it was intended to prevent trespassers from collecting any information, a water sample, a soil sample, a rock sample on private land without landowner’s permission. – David Miller	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The result is that America has been secure, thank God, there's been no terrorist attack on mainland United States. We have been the front line. Meanwhile, what needs to be underlined is while tragedy brought us together, there are common interests that now can be articulated very clearly. The threats that we are facing on a daily basis, were they, God forbid, to overwhelm us, will threaten the world at large. – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani	Found on CNN 9 years ago
Imagine if, God forbid, another terrorist attack hits the United States. – John Boehner	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
Plan A and Plan B, just in case, God forbid, anything happens. – Marc Friedland	Found on CNN 9 years ago
The ECB has stepped beyond its remit. The European court should forbid the ECB from doing this, you can draw parallels with quantitative easing. From my point of view, QE is also beyond its remit. This can also lead to legal action. – Dietrich Murswiek	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Whoever thinks this is illegal can take me to the Supreme Court, I prefer, at this time, to be taken to the Supreme Court, and not, God-forbid, to be taken to a funeral of a kindergarten child. – Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni	Found on Reuters 10 years ago
There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peacebut there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death! – Patrick Henry	added by anonymous 10 years ago
If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books, should be forbid. – Herman Melville	added by anonymous 11 years ago
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death! – Patrick Henry	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	added by anonymous 14 years ago
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. – Rebecca West	added by anonymous 14 years ago

We went and covered up the tourists that died -- God rest their souls -- and waited, terrified, in complete chaos. We were scared that -- God forbid -- there might be a second shooter. It was all just a mess.

– Abdul Ali Ladhari

Found on CNN
9 years ago

God forbid our love will harm Essa Khan or his family.

– Hamid Haidary

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Heaven forbid we've got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or apprehended someone who is engaged in dangerous activity, but we didn't do so simply because of inaction in the Senate.

– President Obama

Found on CNN
9 years ago

I don't want us to be in a situation in which, for a certain period of time, those authorities go away, and suddenly we're dark, and heaven forbid we've got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or apprehended someone who is engaged in dangerous activity but we didn't do so simply because of inaction in the Senate.

– President Barack Obama on Friday

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The law does not forbid pictures of the sunset, it was intended to prevent trespassers from collecting any information, a water sample, a soil sample, a rock sample on private land without landowner’s permission.

– David Miller

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The result is that America has been secure, thank God, there's been no terrorist attack on mainland United States. We have been the front line. Meanwhile, what needs to be underlined is while tragedy brought us together, there are common interests that now can be articulated very clearly. The threats that we are facing on a daily basis, were they, God forbid, to overwhelm us, will threaten the world at large.

– Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Imagine if, God forbid, another terrorist attack hits the United States.

– John Boehner

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

Plan A and Plan B, just in case, God forbid, anything happens.

– Marc Friedland

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The ECB has stepped beyond its remit. The European court should forbid the ECB from doing this, you can draw parallels with quantitative easing. From my point of view, QE is also beyond its remit. This can also lead to legal action.

– Dietrich Murswiek

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Whoever thinks this is illegal can take me to the Supreme Court, I prefer, at this time, to be taken to the Supreme Court, and not, God-forbid, to be taken to a funeral of a kindergarten child.

– Ashkelon Mayor Itamar Shimoni

Found on Reuters
10 years ago

There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. It is vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peacebut there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God!I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

– Patrick Henry

added by anonymous
10 years ago

If some books are deemed most baneful and their sale forbid, how, then, with deadlier facts, not dreams of doting men? Those whom books will hurt will not be proof against events. Events, not books, should be forbid.

– Herman Melville

added by anonymous
11 years ago

Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death!

– Patrick Henry

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

added by anonymous
14 years ago

God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide.

– Rebecca West

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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