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'Shouldn't there at least be equal time for our Bill of Obligations?' CLARENCE THOMAS, Supreme Court Justice, during a forum with high school students about the Bill of Rights

'That a government expresses an opinion without seeing the indictment is laughable.' ALI JAMSHIDI, spokesman for Iran's judiciary, after Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called for the release of Roxana Saberi, an Iranian-American journalist on trial for spying

'I haven't cried since I was 11, and I cried.' JOE SAUNDERS, of the Los Angeles Angels, after 22-year-old teammate Nick Adenhart was killed in a hit-and-run car accident

'We have here a limb, not the brain, of this terrorist organization.' RAKESH MARIA, an Indian detective, on the limited value of testimony from Ajmal Amir Kasab, 21, the lone surviving gunman from the Mumbai attacks. Kasab's lawyer was sacked April 15, delaying the high-profile trial

'He is the son of a bishop, no doubt. It was a miracle.' WALTER RAMON ACOSTA, lawyer for Viviana Carrillo, recounting how her 2-year-old son once survived a three-story fall unscathed. Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo recently admitted to fathering the child while serving as a Roman Catholic bishop

'I'm looking for someone who I can spend the rest of my life with--or at least the rest of my probation with.' LINDSAY LOHAN, actress, in a Web video spoofing online dating (and herself)

'Norm, I like you. You lost. O.K.?' JOE SCARBOROUGH, MSNBC host, on Norm Coleman's plan to appeal a three-judge panel's ruling that opponent Al Franken won 312 more votes in the 2008 Senate race in Minnesota

Back & Forth:

Politics

'Mr. President, turn around and look behind you. No one is following.' Vice President JOE BIDEN, recalling his rebuke to George W. Bush after the then President proclaimed himself a "leader" during a private meeting

'I hate to say this, but he's a serial exaggerator. If I was being unkind, I would say liar.' Ex--Bush aide Karl Rove, disputing Biden's recollection

Web

'The only books I could find without a "sales rank" had gay content like mine.' CRAIG SEYMOUR, author of the memoir All I Could Bare, accusing online retailer Amazon.com of censoring gay- and lesbian-themed books

'This is an embarrassing and ham-fisted cataloging error.' Amazon.com director of corporate communications PATTY SMITH, saying 57,310 titles--including books about reproductive and sexual health, in addition to those dealing with gay and lesbian themes--were removed from the site's sales charts because of a technical glitch

LEXICON

Surgical bankruptcy n.-- A term adopted by lawmakers and execs to give the impression that a GM bankruptcy could be quick and painless

USAGE: "A surgical bankruptcy that makes the domestic auto industry stronger is something that may not be desirable, but inevitable, Gov. Jennifer Granholm said in Detroit." --Detroit Free Press, April 13, 2009

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Sources: New York Times; AP; New York Times; Times of London; New York Times; PEOPLE.com MSNBC