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" I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger. "
Oriana Fallaci
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" I defend Israel's right to exist, to defend themselves, to not let themselves be exterminated a second time. "
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" A civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion. "
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" The increased presence of Muslims in Italy and in Europe is directly proportional to our loss of freedom. "
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" Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion. "
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" I've always disliked kamikazes, that is, people who commit suicide in order to kill others. Starting with the Japanese ones from World War II. I never considered them Pietro Miccas who torch the powder and go up with the citadel in order to block the arrival of the enemy troops at Torino. I never considered them soldiers. "
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" I am known for a life spent in the struggle for freedom, and freedom includes the freedom of religion. "
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" Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is. "
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" Alas, nothing reveals man the way war does. Nothing so accentuates in him the beauty and ugliness, the intelligence and foolishness, the brutishness and humanity, the courage and cowardice, the enigma. "
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" I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born. "
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" I have expressed my opinion through the written word through my books, that is all. "
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" I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test. "
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