Quotations in the News

“It’s going to be an extension of Obama, but it’s going to be worse because with Obama you had your guard up, with Hillary you don’t. And it’s going to be worse.” — Republican Donald Trump, who appeared to raise questions about likely presidential rival Hillary Clinton’s religious faith at a closed-door meeting with evangelical leaders.

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“A lot of people are looking at this, and I don’t know that anyone has found that magic bullet or that way to break that chain.” — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in a visit to Orlando, Florida, stating there is no easy solution to prevent Americans from being inspired to violence by jihadist propaganda on the internet.

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“I don’t have a recollection of mostly anyone I’ve hung out with. In the chaos and hubbub, how are you going to remember one guy when you haven’t seen him for 40 years?” —Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant, who said he didn’t recall hanging out with members of the American band Spirit after a show in England in 1970 as a copyright infringement trial over the epic “Stairway to Heaven” nears conclusion.