"We've got too much at stake at this time in our history to be engaging in this kind of silliness."
Barack Obama, Illinois senator and Democratic presidential candidate, after days of racially charged debate between his supporters and Sen. Hillary Clinton's camp
"There will be a signed peace treaty by the time I leave office."
President George W. Bush, striking an optimistic tone on Israeli-Palestinian relations after a week of meetings with leaders from both sides of the conflict. In an unusually stark remark, he added that a Palestinian state was "long overdue.
"My mother always said democracy is the best revenge."
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the 19-year-old son of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, after he was named to succeed his mother as head of the Pakistan People's party.
母はいつも、民主主義こそ最高の復讐だと言っていた。
12月27日に暗殺されたパキスタンのブット元首相の息子、ビラワル・ブット(19)──
母親の後継者として同国の最大野党、パキスタン人民党議会派の総裁に選出されて
2008/1/2・9
"This election is not about ethical issues, it’s about who is really capable of making Korea prosperous."
Former vice president Al Gore, at the United Nations' Climate Conference,after the United States refused to accept specific targets for cutting carbon emissions