"It can fairly be said of John Smith that he had all the virtues of a Scottish presbyterian, but none of the vices."
"The cause of the attack was not American foreign policy but an amoral disregard for human life.It is grotesque to suggest that a four-year-old girl, making her first and only flight in an aeroplane, should somehow bear responsibility for the actions of a government for whom she was never allowed the chance to grow up and vote either for or against."
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Source: Key quotes from the Commons debate by Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. October 4, 2001.
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