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• Paul Ryan, who teamed up with Akin in the House to sponsor harsh anti-abortion bills, may look young and hip and new generation, with his iPod full of heavy metal jams and his cute kids. But he's just a fresh face on a Taliban creed - the evermore antediluvian, anti-women, anti-immigrant, anti-gay conservative core. Amiable in khakis and polo shirts, Ryan is the perfect modern leader to rally medieval Republicans who believe that Adam and Eve cavorted with dinosaurs.

  Maureen Dowd

  Cute, Believe, Kids

  "Just think No" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. August 21, 2012.

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• Mr. Speaker, we are a blessed Nation. We have not suffered another attack on our soil since September 11, and we are grateful. We have killed or captured dozens of members of al Qaeda and the Taliban. Our military and intelligence forces are working both hard and smart.

  Marsha Blackburn

  Military, Smart, Grateful

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• If a woman is wearing the burqa, it's not her wish. It's more that she feels secure from the Taliban, secure from acid if she were to show her face.

  Malina Suliman

  Wish, Faces, Acid

  "Afghan graffiti artist risks her life to challenge the burqa under the Taliban". Interview with Katie Booth, womenintheworld.com. May 21, 2015.

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• Fighting the Taliban and the various radical organizations on the front lines is like adding a Band-Aid to a cut, it may stop the bleeding but unless you clean it with antiseptic, the germs stay and multiply.

  Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

  Fighting, Cutting, Organization

  "Children taught to be suicide bombers" by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, www.cnn.com. June 15, 2010.

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• Last night the Taliban offered to release eight Westerners if the U.S. promised not to attack. The State Department declined but thanked the Taliban for the offer, saying it really felt good to laugh again.

  Tina Fey

  Night, Eight, Laughing

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• Winning in Afghanistan is having a country that is stable enough to ensure that there is no safe haven for Al Qaida or for a militant Taliban that welcomes Al Qaida. That's really the measure of success for the United States.

  Leon Panetta

  Country, Safe Haven, Winning

  'This Week' with Jake Tapper, abcnews.go.com. June 27, 2010.

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• [I]f you think that American imperialism and its globalised, capitalist form is the most dangerous thing in the world, that means you don't think the Islamic Republic of Iran or North Korea or the Taliban is as bad.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Islamic, Mean, Thinking

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• The change we need is fixing this broken economy from the bottom up.. not tax breaks for the wealthy and huge corporations that ship U.S. jobs overseas. We need to focus on defeating al Qaeda and the Taliban and restoring America's standing in the world.. not an unending commitment in Iraq.

  Joe Biden

  Change, Jobs, Commitment

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• Catholic extremism should be resisted as fiercely at home as we oppose the Taliban abroad.

  Jacob M. Appel

  Home, Catholic, Should

  "After St. Joseph’s: Are Women Still Safe in Catholic Hospitals?" by Jacob M. Appel, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 16, 2010.

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• Let us pick up our books and our pens, they are the most powerful weapons.

  Malala Yousafzai

  Powerful, Book, July

  "The Full Text: Malala Yousafzai Delivers Defiant Riposte to Taliban Militants With Speech to the Un General Assembly". www.independent.co.uk. July 12, 2013.

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• We had lost the fight for the preservation of the white race until God himself intervened in earthly affairs with AIDS to rescue and preserve the white race that he had created.... I praise God all the time for AIDS.

  J. B. Stoner

  Fighting, Race, White

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• Yes, religion and politics do mix. America is a nation based on biblical principles. Christian values dominate our government. The test of those values is the Bible. Politicians who do not use the bible to guide their public and private lives do not belong in office.

  Beverly LaHaye

  Christian, Biblical, Government

  "Watch the Right: The Amazing Rise of Beverly LaHaye". Ms. magazine, February 1987.

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• Don't play for safety - it's the most dangerous thing in the world.

  Hugh Walpole

  Inspirational, Courage, Work

  Hugh Walpole (2007). “Fortitude”, p.350, 1st World Publishing

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