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  • n  the Roman procurator of Judea who ordered that Jesus be crucified (died in AD 36)
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  • The hard truth about the Cold War
    We Americans like to sidle around the truth nowadays, which we do by labeling ourselves relativists. Like Pontius Pilate, we ask “What is truth?” with the implication being that truth exists only in the eye of the beholder.
    July 17, 2013 - Smoky Mountain News
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  • Steve Cohen in Memphis Commercial Appeal
    Cohen said that he believed that the political parties have differences "but if you want change, you want the Democratic Party. Barack Obama was a community organizer like Jesus, who our minister prayed about; Pontius Pilate was a governor."
  • Ann Widdecombe in Zee News
    Former Conservative Minister Ann Widdecombe, who left the Church of England to become a Roman Catholic, says: "It's absolutely ludicrous. Why don't we have the Italians apologising for Pontius Pilate? We've already apologised for slavery and for the...

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