“You are right that it is a hurtful, divisive symbol and I commend you for having the courage to tell it like it is at a time when too many other political leaders are equivocating on this issue,”
Coretta Scott King
“You are right that it is a hurtful, divisive symbol and I commend you for having the courage to tell it like it is at a time when too many other political leaders are equivocating on this issue.”
“I think that it's commendable that [Williams] would take a step to apologize for an obvious offensive, divisive statement. But I think it's also a pragmatic attempt to limit the damages on the city's part. It's intelligent for the city to do that.”
Douglas Hurt
“We fully believe that General Un should be commended for the courageous efforts to investigate this brothel and other brothels,”
Richard Boucher
“Approve not of him who commends all you say”
Benjamin Franklin
“All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.”
Thomas Fuller
“Who is Silvia? What is she, / That all our swains commend her? / Holy, fair, and wise is she.”
William Shakespeare