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You must promise me two things. First, you will not tell anyone my name. Second, you will do what you want to do with your life.

— Dr. John Sharpe, London physician; said in 1957 to a 22-year-old American seeking an abortion, as quoted in the dedication of Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road (2015).

Just don’t go.

— U.S. District Judge David Hittner, in his ruling addressing those offended by drag shows, offering the court’s solution: “Just don’t go.”

As South Africans, we are deeply concerned and ashamed that nationals from other countries have in recent months been subjected to discrimination and ill-treatment. The criminal actions of a few within our communities are a repudiation of the solidarity upon which this community was founded

— Ramaphosa during a public lecture at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

Youth provision has been cut past the bone, and there are parts of this city where a 15-year-old has nowhere to be on a Friday night.

— Dr Zubir Ahmed, Labour MP for Glasgow South West, in The Herald on the need for a cohesion strategy after a far-right riot

This was an outrageous suggestion. The idea that it could even be brought forward shows that, in my view, (Infantino) is the wrong man to lead the organisation.

— Andy Burnham, UK Prime Minister, said on Friday in response to FIFA's private-investment proposal for the World Cup.