"I stand on my public record as a defender of the human rights of Muslims, notably my work for Moazzam Begg and other British Muslims detained without trial in Guantanamo Bay."

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Source : "Why I quoted from The Satanic Verses" by Hari Kunzru, www.theguardian.com. January 22, 2012.

#Rights Quotes #Records Quotes #Trials Quotes

“We are gonna to have to choose as a nation between the homosexual agenda and freedom because the two cannot coexist. Every advance of the homosexual agenda, comes at the expense of liberty, particularly religious liberty.”
“Suspicion is an owl that flies when the light is bad and catches only vermin for food.”
“Society lives by faith, and develops by science.”
“Let us nurture the practice of family values, by embracing policies that value families.”
“Last guy I was interested in turned out to be an incestuous necrophiliac," she said. "So no, not currently dating, and definitely not doing any more shopping in the 'sociopath' category”
“No man is hindered by another; he is only hindered by himself. No man suffers because of another; he suffers only because of himself.”
“Data are pointing to very strong growth in the fourth quarter. The pessimistic viewpoint, which has seen its grip on reality slip to the last knuckle in the past few months, is now holding on by its fingernails.”
“I am addicted to sport. Without sport, I feel bad.”

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