Quotations in the News

“Cruz can’t win, what’s he doing picking vice-presidents?” — Donald Trump after Republican rival Ted Cruz tapped Carly Fiorina as his running mate.

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“I’ve never seen such a combo of simplistic slogans and contradictions and misstatements in one speech.” — Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright after Donald Trump laid out his foreign policy vision in a speech before experts in Washington.

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“I am deeply ashamed to be standing here. I know why I am here … I mistreated some of the athletes that I coached. They looked up to me, and I took advantage of them.” — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who was sentenced to more than a year in prison in a hush-money case that revealed accusations he sexually abused teenagers while coaching high school wrestling.