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'There is no longer an American Dream, at least for the moment.' VICTOR CLARK, director of a Tijuana-based human-rights organization that works with illegal migrants, on the 42% drop in Mexican emigration over the past two years

'This is as ugly as it gets.' REPRESENTATIVE PETE HOEKSTRA, of the House Intelligence Committee, calling for an investigation into the cia's participation in and alleged cover-up of a 2001 attack on a U.S. missionary plane in Peru

'It won't be part of this government's agenda.' ROBERT MCCLELLAND, Australia's Attorney General, on whether the government plans to legalize same-sex marriage after extending equal health-care and taxation rights to homosexual couples

'We failed to accurately represent the Lord and to fulfill the commandment to love others as ourselves.' STATEMENT FROM BOB JONES UNIVERSITY, apologizing for its refusal to admit black students until 1971 and for its previous ban on interracial dating

'It can destroy the faith of a Muslim.' ABDUL SHUKOR HUSIN, National Fatwa Council chairman, explaining why Malaysia's top Islamic body ruled on Nov. 22 against the practice of yoga by Muslims

'If you design everything around one person or one family or a couple of people, it's not going to work forever.' SEIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, on the nation's plan to adopt a constitutional democracy at the end of his father's one-man rule

'We are prone to human error.' GINGER KERRICK, NASA flight director, after an astronaut lost hold of a tool bag worth nearly $100,000 during a space walk

Back & Forth:

Internet

'It's wrong that it was allowed to happen.' ABRAHAM BIGGS SR., father of a 19-year-old man who committed suicide during a live video chat on the website Justin.tv, calling for criminal charges to be filed

'We are confident that all online community members will be ever more vigilant in monitoring and protecting their fellow users in the future.' STATEMENT FROM JUSTIN.TV, dismissing liability and encouraging the website's users to regulate themselves

AIDS

'The health situation is extraordinary, so we have to take extraordinary action.' WEYNAND WATARI, Indonesian lawmaker, on a proposal to use microchips to track sexually aggressive HIV/AIDS patients

'People with AIDS aren't animals. We have to respect their rights.' TAHI GANYANG BUTARBUTAR, an Indonesian activist, saying such a bill would violate privacy rights

Russia

'Frankly, I didn't expect Russians to open fire. I thought they clearly saw that this was an official cortege.' Georgian President MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI, accusing Russian forces near the Georgian border of firing upon his motorcade during a trip with Poland's President

'This is one more instance of wishful thinking on the part of Georgia.' GRIGORY KARASIN, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, denying that the gunfire came from Russian army positions

Sources: AP; New York Times (2); USA Today; CNN; AP (2)

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