Quotations in the News

“How old is this kid? Still wearing diapers.” — Donald Trump to a demonstrator as a protest outside his rally in New Mexico turned violent.

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“The nature of the alleged crime and the resulting harm compelled this decision.” — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch after the Justice Department said it intended to seek the death penalty against Dylann Roof, the man charged with killing nine black parishioners last year in a church in Charleston, South Carolina.

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“I told him, ‘I can’t even talk, Mr. Cosby.’ I started to panic.” — Andrea Constand to police in a decade-old statement revealed during a preliminary hearing as a judge ordered comedian Bill Cosby, 78, to stand trial on sexual assault charges.

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