Quotations in the News

“Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States.” — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, speaking to delegates on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.

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“The rapper was upset, someone not being able to perform. It wasn’t targeted, terrorist or gays, or anything like that. It wasn’t a black or white situation. It was an idiot. An idiot with a firearm.” — Security guard Brandy Mclaughlin, who was hired for the teen night event at Club Blu in Fort Myers, Florida, said she saw someone with a semi-automatic rifle open fire, killing two people and wounding 17 others.

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“I don’t have anything against foreigners, asylum-seekers, I don’t feel anything more against them. But obviously if I would see one with a backpack I will have more fear. I would be more cautious.” — Claudia Frosch, a resident of Ansbach, Germany, after a Syrian man detonated an explosive outside an open-air concert festival in southern Germany, wounding 15 people.

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