Verbatim

"It's impossible to say with precision now what the future will hold, just as it was ... on June 6, 1944." BR> ARI FLEISCHER,
White House spokesman, on the aftermath of a war in Iraq

"It will cause a great deal of anger among Muslims worldwide and will contribute toward increasing the possibility of terrorism."
MAHATHIR MOHAMAD,
Malaysia's Prime Minister, on reverberations of war in Iraq

"It was close to hell down there."
SOUTH KOREAN FIRE FIGHTER,
after emerging from the scene of a firebomb attack on a Daegu subway. Officials say 133 people died and 300 remain missing

"We will mobilize a people's movement across the country which will take over thousands of mosques that were built over demolished Hindu temples."
PRAVEEN TOGAIDA,
leader of the fundamentalist World Hindu Forum, vowing drastic action if the Indian government blocks reconstruction of a temple on a long-disputed site in Ayodhya

"It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door."
CAROL MOSELEY-BRAUN,
former U.S. Senator, announcing her candidacy for the 2004 presidential election

"My party is the most corrupt."
KWIK KIAN GIE,
Indonesia's Development Minister, speaking of the PDIP, the nation's ruling party

"I was told I was wrong."
KWIK KIAN GIE,
after meeting with fellow PDIP member President Megawati Sukarnoputri