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Jonathan Shapiro

"We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual to a country where there is a reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to torture - physical, mental or otherwise."

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"We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual to a country where there is a reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to torture - physical, mental or otherwise."

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"I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?"

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"What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself."

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"I was brought up in Scotland and have always been a country person, although the town means a great deal to me, too."

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"Well, I think I was always sort of reflecting where I was and my sense of surroundings and ecology, urban or country, or foreign, living in Europe, very affected by all of that."

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"A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries."

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"In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries."

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"I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much."

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"Violence - look, we live in a violent world, man. This country was founded on violence. Who's kidding who?"

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"I believe that Ronald Reagan will someday make this country what it once was... an arctic wilderness."

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"There were a number of referendums in '98 that most of the things I voted for passed. That's very satisfying when you feel that most of the country is in step with your views."

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"There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises."
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"Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what the readers or letters may say."
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