"If a man can't put his arms around his sons and help them, then what's the world coming to?"

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“Even the Lord had skeptical members of his party. One betrayed him, one denied him and one doubted him.”

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“Fuck you, you Jew son of a bitch, you lousy mother-fucker, go home.”

“They have vilified me, they have crucified me; yes, they have even criticized me.”

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