There was general laughter, and as Hopkins got up from the sofa, he wryly misquoted Tertullian's praise for Christian love.

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Members of his own cabinet said he was misquoted.

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He might have been misquoted, as he maintains, but it has had enduring repercussions.

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On the same day Michael Oren, Israel's ambassador to the United States, said he had been misquoted in a widely leaked report that he had called the quarrel the worst crisis between the allies for 35 years.

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The next day, he said he had been misquoted, but did not clarify his stand.

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The article apparently caused enough consternation internally that Tim had to hastily call a meeting to tell the troops that he had been misquoted.

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He later said that he had been misquoted.

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