GEORGE W. BUSH,
U.S. President, on the nuclear crisis with North Korea
"The whole of Korea will be reduced to ashes."
COMMITTEE FOR THE PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION OF THE FATHERLAND,
a North Korean governmental organization, on the consequences of a U.S. military strike on the country's nuclear reactor facilities
"Today Iraq still poses a threat and Iraq still remains in material breach."
COLIN POWELL,
U.S. Secretary of State, in a presentation on Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction to the U.N. Security Council
"This was a typical American show complete with stunts and special effects."
AMIR AL-SAADI,
Iraqi general, denying Powell's allegations
"I am 100% sure, well, 99%, because only God can be 100% sure, that he is not in Pakistan."
PERVEZ MUSHARRAF,
Pakistani President, revising his earlier claims that Osama bin Laden is dead
"I cussed at a lady... My daughter always said I had a potty mouth."
COURTNEY LOVE,
rock star turned actress, after being arrested for abusive behavior on a Virgin Airlines flight to London that had been at the invitation of founder Richard Branson