Jermaine O'Neal

As an African-American athlete, you get discouraged that this type of thing is still condoned in people's lives. You look at a situation where we're good enough to work for you, but not good enough to be around you. To build a franchise, good enough to build business for you, but not good enough to mingle amongst your circles.

American Basketball Player

Mike Judge

It seems like there's a lot of people who just do not understand satire. They think it's weird. There's people who just don't understand you portray something or just explore a character, it means you're condoning it, saying this is the way to live.

American Producer

Kevin Mitnick

I don't condone anyone causing damage in my name, or doing anything malicious in support of my plight. There are more productive ways to help me. As a hacker myself, I never intentionally damaged anything.

American Businessman

Joe Moore

Our laws are a reflection of our culture. Our culture does not condone the torture of innocent and defenseless creatures. And we as a society believe all God's creatures should be treated humanely.

American Celebrity

Jamie Hince

I squatted for most of my adult life. I'm not condoning squatting; it was just the only way I could do what I wanted to do. I didn't have, you know, a trust fund or parents that could help out.

English Musician

Nathan Deal

Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.

American Politician

Sadiq Khan

Language is very important. If you are condoning acts of terror... you are giving credibility to a view that is perverse and is wrong.

British Politician

Scott DesJarlais

While this country has always had a generous immigration policy, we simply cannot condone individuals coming here illegally.

Louis Leakey

To save an animal's life in order that it may suffer indefinitely is something I would never condone.

British Scientist

bell hooks

Any society based on domination supports and condones violence.

American Critic

Using 'condone' often suggests you don't support the behavior but reluctantly accept it.

Negative Implication

'Condone' is used when someone allows behavior they probably think is wrong.

Reluctant Acceptance

It is often used in official or formal contexts where rules are overlooked.

Official Permission

'Condone' implies a subtle form of approval, even if not openly supported.

Subtle Approval

Indicates an attitude that a harmful act is not significant enough to act upon.

Implicit Harm

Connotations of 'condone' may vary across cultures; some might see it as weak.

Cultural Sensitivity

 So when you go to SeaWorld and you support that show, you are not getting any kind of education. All you are seeing is an orca that is not an orca any more, that has been completely broken in every form that's possible, psychologically traumatized. And you are paying a dollar for that and that's not okay. And if we don't condone slavery,

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