What Ottawa and Washington used to think about Turkey or Iran was not very important because we really … - Arthur Hays Sulzberger

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Over the pope as expression of the binding claim of ecclesiastical authority, there stands one's own conscience which must be obeyed before all else, even if necessary against the requirement of ecclesiastical authority.

Arthur Hays Sulzberger

What Ottawa and Washington used to think about Turkey or Iran was not very important because we really didn't think much about either, but now what we think about them is extremely important - to ourselves and to many other peoples.

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