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Everybody says they're opposed to torture. But everyone would do it personally if they knew it could save the life of a kidnapped child who had only two hours of oxygen left before death. And it would be the right thing to do.

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Alan Dershowitz
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: September 1
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