“And they — what I hear, you know, talking about our president. When I hear people saying quite unthinkable things about our president, when I see our president defaced, which is defacing our country. He's the leader of our country. He's the leader of the free world. It — my heart is very heavy.”

— Jon Voight

Speaking about criticism of then-President George W. Bush on the April 27, 2007 edition of <i>The O'Reilly Factor</i> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,268940,00.html

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