Quotations in the News

“We were passing them from one balcony to the other.” — Mahmoud Raslan, a photojournalist for Al Jazeera Mubashir, who helped pull victims and survivors from the rubble after an airstrike on Aleppo, Syria.

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“I don’t care if Donald Duck is running the campaign. If he can make this thing about Hillary Clinton’s record and getting the country back on track, that’s what’s going to win this election.” — Henry Barbour, a Republican National committeeman from Mississippi, after Donald Trump’s latest campaign staff shake-up.

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“No joke, we were literally being chased by the fire. You’ve got flames on the side of you. You’ve got flames behind you.” — April Christy, describing the chaotic scene as wildfires tore through mountain and desert communities east of Los Angeles.