FOR THE RECORD

Sunday 17 May 1998 00:02 BST
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Tony Blair

Knowing what I know now, I would have arrested earlier.

Ian Crampton, leading detective in the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation

We are not afraid of anybody and are ready to face the consequences, including sanctions of Western countries.

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If I am no longer trusted I will become a sage and endeavour to get close to God.

President Suharto

The Euro Parliament has given carte blanche to the commercialisation of the human body.

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We are not just a bunch of refugees begging for charity. We are not guests in this world. We are partners in it, and this partnership cannot be fulfilled without the establishment of a state.

Yasser Arafat

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You want to depict me as the one who is thwarting the peace effort, and I'm not prepared to accept that.

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Once you make a decision that it is better that the baby dies, you ought to be able to make sure that it dies easily and swiftly. That means by giving it a lethal injection.

Professor Peter Singer, Australian philosopher

If it's Microsoft versus mankind, I'm on the side of mankind.

Larry Ellison, chief of Oracle

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