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“Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war.”

“We are not supposed to go out and kill all those we suspect to have committed a crime.”

“Bush and Blair combined their efforts to deceive both nations in a carefully coordinated manner, more so than anyone is willing to point out in the media.”

“People in the U.K. cannot understand whether Blair has lost his mind or whether his ambition to be the second-most-powerful man in the world made him lose his mind.”

“Those who suffer are not those at the top, but are the less privileged members of society.”

“I feel great identification with the developing world.”

“George W. Bush and Tony Blair had to convince the world that Saddam Hussein represented an imminent threat. Tony Blair lied when he claimed that Iraq could launch a chemical or biological attack within 45 minutes.”

“I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts.”

“Live interviews are more difficult to distort.”

“Today, we talk a lot about terrorism, but we rarely talk about state terrorism.”

“Americans need to understand the significance of having their civil liberties dismantled. It doesn't just affect terrorists and foreigners, it affects us all.”

“During the first 10 years of my life, while my parents were married, I enjoyed a privileged upbringing. After their divorce, my life was difficult.”

“I think for the U.S. government the Sandinistas represented a threat to their dominance of Latin America.”

“A man who gets divorced is not forever going to be talked about for it. There are very different standards that we have for women than we have for men.”

“I think the difference between El Salvador and Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua you had a popular insurrection, and in El Salvador you had a revolution.”

“I have always been willing to admit when I made a mistake. I made a mistake in my understanding of the composition of the Contras, not on my opposition to the Contra war.”

“People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.”

“George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.”

“George W. Bush will have to come to the UN and admit that he was wrong.”

“Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.”