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“Essential reading? O bviously 1 I 2 b elieve 3 you ought to read the Bible. 4 5 6 7 I think a religious found ation 8 is i mporta nt 9 10.”
—C-SPAN interview, June 3, 2004
[1] um, uh, I mean, if you—I don’t know if you’re picking 10 books or five books or whatever, but
[4] People might pick up the Koran
[6] or whatever, obviously
[7] dependin g on your religion, but
[8] —I personally think—
[9] whether it’s Confucianism or Hinduism
[10] or whatever it is.
Kerry version:
Essential reading? Obviously, um, uh, I mean, if you—I don’t know if you’re picking ten books or five books or whatever, but I happen to believe—a lot of people don’t—you ought to read the Bible. People might pick up the Koran or the Torah or whatever, obviously, depending on your religion, but I think a religious foundation—I personally think—is important, whether it’s Confucianism or Hinduism or whatever it is.
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