Verbatim

"Liberia is dialing 911 and nobody is picking up the phone."
Sam Nagbe,
An aid worker for Oxfam, in the failing state of Liberia

"I did not authorize the leaking of the name of David Kelly."
Tony Blair,
British Prime Minister, facing criticism after the suicide of the weapons inspector who was the source of a BBC report that the government "sexed up" its case for war against Iraq

"I feel it was the right decision and I'm glad I did it."
Donald Rumsfeld,
U.S. Secretary of Defense, responding to questions about the Pentagon's decision last week to release graphic photographs of the bullet-ridden corpses of Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay

"Now we want the Americans to kill the father."
Akram Shahab,
resident of Mosul, Iraq, reacting to news of the deaths of Saddam's sons

"The girls will have no problem wearing bikinis. The scar will not be seen."
Joan Thong,
Singaporean doctor who led the operating team that separated four-month-old conjoined twins from Korea

"This country is dying slowly, it is going down the drain, it is not moving."
Sam Rainsy,
leader of the eponymous Cambodian opposition party, campaigning in the lead-up to the July 27 general election