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open quoteMy personal view is that there's relatively little likelihood of military conflict.close quote

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, downplaying the chance of war in South America, where Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela have been engaged in a game of brinksmanship sparked by Colombia's raid on a rebel camp in neighboring Ecuador

 
 
open quoteForgive us, we thought we were doing the right thing.close quote

HBO vice president David Baldwin, in a flip response to fans of the "The Wire" who were miffed about the network's decision not to offer a sneak peek of the show's finale via HBO on Demand

 
 
open quoteI'd tell him to be careful about who he names to be the head of the selection committee.close quote

President George W. Bush, offering some vice-presidential selection advice to GOP nominee John McCain and poking fun at his own search, which was led by his eventual running mate, Dick Cheney

 
 

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open quoteThe floors are littered with holy books covered with blood.close quote

Yehuda Meshi Zahav, head of the Zaka rescue service, on the scene inside a bullet-ridden Jerusalem seminary, where a terrorist gunman killed eight Israeli yeshiva students

 
 
open quoteI made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor and purpose of the Obama campaign.close quote

Author Samantha Power, a foreign-policy adviser to Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, in a letter announcing her resignation after calling Hillary Clinton a "monster" during an interview with a Scottish newspaper

 
 
open quoteEve Carson personified the Carolina spirit.close quote

University of North Carolina chancellor James Moeser, addressing students after Carson, the school's 22-year-old student-body president, was found shot to death less than a mile from campus

 
 
open quoteNew York City is back and open for business.close quote

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, during a press conference in Times Square, soothing nerves after a bomb caused minor damage to a military recruiting station nearby

 
 
open quoteI feel like our kindergartners are sitting there like sitting ducks.close quote

Arizona state Sen. Karen Johnson, on a new bill that would allow students to carry firearms on college campuses. She initially wanted the bill to cover all public schools, kindergarten and up

 
 
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