The TWO WORDS I quoted from your post were:
1) Outside the quote marks delimiting the words attributed to him, and
2) Hardly something anyone would call their own words. When did you last talk about anything you had said as a "damning admission"?
1) Outside the quote marks delimiting the words attributed to him, and
2) Hardly something anyone would call their own words. When did you last talk about anything you had said as a "damning admission"?