If I could believe the Quakers banned music because church music is so damn bad, I should view them with approval. Ezra Pound
The visits Prime Minister Koizumi made to the Yasukuni Shrine, I believe, had nothing to do with approval ratings. He paid respects at the Yasukuni Shrine to pay respects to the people of Japan who fought and lost their lives for the country and to pray for the peace of their souls. Shinzō Abe
If torture is going to be administered as a last resort in the ticking-bomb case, to save enormous numbers of lives, it ought to be done openly, with accountability, with approval by the president of the United States or by a Supreme Court justice. Alan Dershowitz
The thing that I think very striking is that no one, or no one I can remember, ever writes of an execution with approval. George Orwell
In November 2004, U.S. occupation forces launched their second major attack on the city of Falluja. The press reported major war crimes instantly, with approval. Noam Chomsky
Here Churchill repeats with approval a statement he had first made in January, 1930 'at a meeting at the Cannon Street Hotel.' 'Sooner or later you will have to crush Gandhi and the Indian Congress and all they stand for.' Winston Churchill