“This is the type of thing you would expect from a repressive regime, ... This is not the type of thing you would expect from the United States. If I read this to you and did not tell you that is was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime - Pol Pot or others - that have no concern for human beings.”
Dick Durbin
“I had been given advice not to mention corruption, however corruption is a tax that is paid by you. In a time of austerity, there is a new realisation that economically, we should not continue paying for corruption”
Joseph Muscat
“I do not agree with the Nevada type of divorce, where you get it with e-mail, but with divorce legislation that safeguards the interest of children”
“We knew we could not raise our son, John, under this repressive regime. So it was just a question of when we were going to leave Cuba. And we couldn't tell anyone because that would expose others to danger. So we left through Mexico in 1964, arriving in the United States soon after. Right before we left, however, there were terrible scenes with Margarita's family and our colleagues in the dance world, who saw us as traitors. It was an incredibly difficult time for us.”
John White
“The more equipment is acquired and produced by a repressive regime, the more important anonymity is.”
Julien Pain
“The repression of all those daring to resist the autocratic regime represents a severe challenge to the restoration of democracy in Nepal.”
Warren Christopher
“Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.”
Calvin Coolidge