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I ask you

Meaning

I ask you

Expressing indignation or despair.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made. Franklin D. Roosevelt

I ask you to believe nothing that you cannot verify for yourself. G. I. Gurdjieff

I ask you to remember that the Japanese troops are a strictly disciplined force and perform their duties with as little harmfulness as possible. Sadao Araki

I am acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots, so I ask you to confirm me with your prayers. Gerald Ford

We do not accept or officially recognise Israel. They are occupiers and illegitimate. But our approach is humanitarian. I ask you where is the Soviet Union now - has it been wiped out or not? It vanished without a war. Let the Palestinian people chose. It will happen. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

For the present I ask you to await as calmly as you can the events of the next few days. As long as war has not begun, there is always hope that it may be prevented, and you know that I am going to work for peace to the last moment. Good night. Neville Chamberlain

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