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'Every single Iranian is valuable. The government is at everyone's service. We like everyone.' MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, Iranian President, who had previously likened protesters in Tehran to "dirt and dust"

'There are times when an abortion is necessary. I know that. When you have a black and a white. Or a rape.' RICHARD NIXON, reacting to the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, on newly released audiotapes

'I want to be able to walk around at midnight and feel safe. Then the Americans should leave.' SHAKER ALWAN, who recently fled his home in Baqubah, Iraq, after four mutilated bodies were dumped nearby, saying...

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