Controversy Quotes

As abhorrent as some of this content [holocaust denial] can be, I do think that it gets down to this principle of giving people a voice.

When I was in college I did a lot of stupid things and I don't want to make an excuse for that. Some of the things that people accuse me of are true, some of them aren't. There are pranks, IMs.

For both parties in a controversy, the most disagreeable way of retaliating is to be vexed and silent; for the aggressor usually regards the silence as a sign of contempt.

I pointed out that globally Canada is up against big countries (China, for one) that can address some major issues quickly. It's ridiculous for anyone to suggest that I of all people would trade our rights and freedoms for any other system of government. Some countries play by rules we wouldn't and shouldn't ever accept, but, we still have to compete with them. We need to get better at coming together to address big issues, and that's what I asked people to think about last night.

Endemic is a very hard, a very wide ranging word. I also have to be very careful not to prejudice the course of justice that is taking place now.

I was absolutely shocked, appalled and ashamed when I heard about the Milly Dowler case only two weeks ago.

I feel that people I trusted - I don't know who, on what level - have let me down, and I think they have behaved disgracefully, and it's for them to pay. And I think, frankly, that I'm the best person to see it through.

How many times have we heard - all of us, around the neighborhood and elsewhere - "but to be a Catholic like that, it's better to be an atheist." It is that, scandal. You destroy. You beat down. And this happens every day, it's enough to see the news on TV, or to read the papers. In the papers there are so many scandals, and there is also the great publicity of the scandals. And with the scandals there is destruction.

Be quiet, small man [Polish Foreign Minister]. You pay a tiny fraction of the cost. And there is no substitute for Starlink.

Forcing your pronouns upon others when they didn't ask, and implicitly ostracizing those who don't, is neither good nor kind to anyone.

I'm sorry, but I just can't stand it anymore. This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination. Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.

Now it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we're going to walk down and I'll be there with you. We're going to walk down. Anyone you want, but I think right here, we're going to walk down to the Capitol.

I'd like Egypt to take people [from Gaza]. You're talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say, 'You know, it's over.'

The impeachment hoax is a continuation of the greatest and most vicious witch hunt in the history of our country and is causing tremendous anger and division and pain, far greater than most people will ever understand, which is very dangerous for the USA, especially at this very tender time.

You'll never take back our country with weakness, you have to show strength and you have to be strong [before Capitol Riots].

I always treated the Chinese Virus very seriously, and have done a very good job from the beginning.

He's [Kim Jong Un] the head of a country and I mean he's the strong head. He speaks and his people sit up in attention. I want my people to do the same.

Robert Pattinson should not take back Kristen Stewart. She cheated on him like a dog and will do it again-just watch. He can do much better!

Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 [Hillary Clinton] emails that are missing. I think you will be rewarded mightily by our press.

[on John McCain] He's not a war hero. He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people that weren't captured okay, I hate to tell you.