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" There is no meeting of minds, no point of understanding with such terror. Just a choice: Defeat it or be defeated by it. And defeat it we must. "

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" And just as the terrorist seeks to divide humanity in hate, so we have to unify it around an idea. And that idea is liberty. "

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" Values unrelated to modern reality are not just electorally hopeless, the values themselves become devalued. They have no purchase on the real world. "

" I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament. "

" I feel like everyone else in this country today. I am utterly devastated. "

" I say to the Taliban: surrender the terrorists; or surrender power. It's your choice. "

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" My faith foundation works to bring about a greater respect and understanding between different faiths. We basically work with six popular religions in the world which are the three Abrahamic religions, Hinduism and Buddhism and Sikhism. "

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" This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism. "