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> [No family of an American hostage has ever been prosecuted for paying a ransom for the return of their loved ones. The last thing we should ever do is to add to a family's pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-steyn/no-family-of-an-american-hostage-has-ever-been-prosecuted-for-paying/)

[Mark Steyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-steyn/)

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> [“Much of the public was convinced that the CIA was capable and willing to do so. Thus began the famous 444-day American hostage crisis. Americans who knew little of the events of 1953 were mystified; Iranians were not. The specter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ervand-abrahamian/much-of-the-public-was-convinced-that-the-cia-was-capable-and-willing/)

[Ervand Abrahamian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ervand-abrahamian/)

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