"Any crime committed against the Ngo family cannot be hidden under the label of suicide. I affirm that suicide has always been considered incompatible with our religion."

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“I believe all the devils in hell are against us but we will triumph eventually because we have the Devil on our side.”

“Let them burn and we shall clap our hands.”

“I may shock some by saying 'I would beat such provocateurs ten times more if they wore monks robes,' and 'I would clap hands at seeing another monk barbecue show, for one can not be responsible for the madness of others.”

“If one has no courage to denounce, if one bows to madness and stupidity, how can one ever hope to cope with the other wrongs of humanity exploited in the same fashion by Communists?”

“Whoever has the Americans as allies does not need any enemies.”

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