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'Let us wage jihad against Switzerland.'

MUAMMAR GADDAFI, ruler of Libya, calling for a holy war against the European nation because its government voted in November to ban the construction of minarets

'If we can't find $10 billion to pay for it, we will not pay for anything.'

JIM BUNNING, Republican Senator from Kentucky, who held up a Senate vote on extending unemployment benefits for nearly a week before finally relenting on March 2

'Just as it's important not to miss the forest for the trees, neither should we miss the climate for the snowstorm.'

AL GORE, former Vice...

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