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"If you call it a war, then you think of people in uniform as being the solution."
RICHARD B. MYERS, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explaining why the Bush Administration is replacing the phrase "global war on terror" with "global struggle against violent extremism"

"Any illegal activities are not to be allowed and will be punished in accordance with laws."
COMMENTARY on the front page of China's state-owned People's Daily, warning citizens not to disrupt social stability in the wake of a series of violent protests across the country

"There is nothing anybody can do that can take away the nightmares."
CORPORAL DUSTIN BERG, U.S. soldier sentenced last week to 18 months in prison for the killing of an Iraqi policeman. Berg, who shot himself in the stomach in an attempt to show that a gun battle had taken place, has been stripped of the Purple Heart he was awarded last year

"We must remain faithful to the established principles of the scientific method and not allow theological beliefs and dogma to interfere."
PEDRO CHEQUER, director of the Brazilian government's AIDS program, announcing that it would forgo $40 million in American support by refusing to comply with a condition that all recipients of U.S. AIDS funding condemn prostitution

"You might as well have a foreigner for a Prime Minister. Why not, if he has brains?"
MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, former Malaysian Prime Minister, criticizing his successor Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for sacking the head of Malaysian national carmaker Proton and considering hiring a foreigner as a replacement

"I didn't say nuke anything. I just said, 'Take out their holy sites.'"
TOM TANCREDO, U.S. Republican Congressman, clarifying his comments last month on how the U.S. should respond to a nuclear attack by Islamic terrorists

"I promise I will become a spokesperson, if you allow me to ... on your behalf. I will defend you and try to get rid of any stereotypes."
RICKY MARTIN, pop star, offering to help change negative perceptions of Arab youth in the West

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