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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?"

"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."

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

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

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

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

"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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"I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them."

"Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit."

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"On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published."

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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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