Verbatim

'They left them to be murdered.' PAUL KAGAME, President of Rwanda, on the 15th anniversary of the nation's 1994 genocide, blasting the international community for failing to intervene

'I couldn't picture it any other way.' TYLER HANSBROUGH, University of North Carolina forward, on forgoing the NBA draft to help the Tar Heels vanquish Michigan State for the NCAA championship

'They should see it like a weekend of camping.' SILVIO BERLUSCONI, Italy's Prime Minister, on the thousands of people left homeless by an April 6 earthquake

'I think the fatal flaw of a lot of people in politics is that they want to be loved.' MARK SANFORD, South Carolina governor, who has balked at accepting $700 million in federal stimulus money for his state

'This is not just the flogging of the girl; it is an indication of what is in store for us.' ASMA JAHANGIR, head of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, on the beating of a teenage girl for "immoral behavior" in the Taliban-controlled Swat Valley

'If you can't speak openly at Notre Dame, who's going to want to come here?' MAX YOUNG, a student at the South Bend, Ind., university, where plans to have President Barack Obama deliver May's commencement address have stirred outrage among antiabortion Catholics

'[He] presided over the most corrupt administration in Illinois history--and that is saying something.' JUDY BAAR TOPINKA, former state treasurer, on the federal indictment of Rod Blagojevich

Back & Forth:

Taxes

'It's punishing the achievers for the mistakes and the lack of discipline on the part of a bunch of corrupt politicians that have run that city and state into the ground.' Radio host RUSH LIMBAUGH, announcing plans to sell his New York City condo because of the so-called millionaires' tax in the state's new budget

'If I knew that would be the result, I would've thought about the taxes earlier.' DAVID PATERSON, New York governor, on the conservative icon's threat to skip town

Google

'How dare anyone take a photograph of my home without my consent?' PAUL JACOBS, of Broughton, England, an affluent village where residents, citing potential security risks, blocked a Google car from taking pictures for the search engine's Street View project

'We take privacy very seriously, and we were careful to ensure that all images in our Street View service abide by U.K. law.' A GOOGLE SPOKESMAN, defending the company's policies

The Palins

'Most of the time.' LEVI JOHNSTON, ex-fiancé of Sarah Palin's eldest daughter Bristol, after being asked in a TV interview whether the couple practiced safe sex

'We're disappointed that Levi and his family are engaging in flat-out lies, gross exaggeration and even distortion of their relationship.' A statement released by the PALIN FAMILY, which slammed Johnston's claim that the governor probably knew he and Bristol were sleeping together; Johnston also says the family has restricted his access to infant son Tripp

Sources: BBC; AP; Daily Telegraph; New York Times; Los Angeles Times; New York Times; Chicago Sun-Times

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