Verbatim

"Free nations will not allow the United Nations to fade into history as an ineffective, irrelevant debating society."
GEORGE W. BUSH,
U.S. President, challenges the United Nations to confront Saddam Hussein

"Nobody backed us or sponsored us. Our ability is something to be proud of."
ALI IMRON,
Accused Bali bomb maker, taking credit for the attacks

"The declassified answer is, yes, they can do that."
GEORGE TENET,
CIA Director, when asked if North Korea already has a ballistic missile capable of reaching the west coast of the United States "These are all process issues. These are all tricks that are being played on us."
COLIN POWELL,
U.S. Secretary of State, dismisses a third progress report on Iraq by U.N. weapons inspectors "As a person, I feel miserable and my heart is aching."
KIM DAE-JUNG,
South Korean President, apologizes for the Hyundai scandal, in which loans to the company were secretly funnelled to North Korea "India desires to dominate the region. It is a desire that will never be fulfilled."
SHEIKH RASHID AHMED, Pakistani Information Minister, lashes out following India's third missile test in recent months, as Indo-Pak rhetoric heats up again