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"I would like to see Mr. Bush and tell him that Saddam is better than he is." - Hammed Abdulla, citizen of Haditha.
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"The Americans must have no religion. Anyone with religion cannot torture people, destroy mosques and homes, or kill people at a wedding ceremony. They worship force, not God." - Hashmiya Al-Abdulla, Baghdad housewife.
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"If anything, it is tragically sad that this young man went from anonymity to this most horrible kind of celebrity." - Steven Taylor, PoliBlogger.
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"NO SPECIAL RIGHTS FOR HETEROSEXUALS." - Bumper sticker available from Unknown News.
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"Can I tell you the truth? I mean this isn't like TV news, is it?
Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.
And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we're hooked on." - Kurt Vonnegut, 10 May 2004.
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"For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere." - Kurt Vonnegut, 10 May 2004.
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"Many years ago, I was so innocent I still considered it possible that we could become the humane and reasonable America so many members of my generation used to dream of. We dreamed of such an America during the Great Depression, when there were no jobs. And then we fought and often died for that dream during the Second World War, when there was no peace.
"But I know now that there is not a chance in hell of America's becoming humane and reasonable. Because power corrupts us, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Human beings are chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power. By saying that our leaders are power-drunk chimpanzees, am I in danger of wrecking the morale of our soldiers fighting and dying in the Middle East? Their morale, like so many bodies, is already shot to pieces. They are being treated, as I never was, like toys a rich kid got for Christmas." - Kurt Vonnegut, 10 May 2004.
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"I have studied foreign relations nearly my entire life, and I have never seen a situation as terrible as this one." - Madeleine Albright on Iraq, 8 May 2004.
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"The cynics may be proved right; they usually are." - The Economist, 8 May 2004.
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"Bishops also threaten political leaders who support civil unions between homosexuals. Given their tolerance for sexual abusers in the priesthood, that looks a bit hypocritical. I have never heard any of them criticize gay bashing -- much less wondering how much the vehemence of some of those who oppose civil unions looks like pure hatred for gays. If you are a follower of Jesus of Nazareth, you cannot tolerate hatred for anyone, especially since the church now teaches that the homosexual condition is not freely chosen." - Andrew Greeley, 7 May 2004.
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