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open quoteDo you think the word 'dung,' D-U-N-G, would be offensive?close quote

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, engaging in a case-related discussion about which four-letter words pertaining to "sexual or excretory activities and organs" should be regulated on broadcast television

 
 
open quoteF––– THE FEDS. VOTE FOR TED!close quote

A slogan on T shirts worn by some Alaskans who voted to re-elect Sen. Ted Stevens, despite his recent conviction on seven felony counts, because they distrust the legal apparatus that found him guilty

 
 
open quoteThere is no one more surprised than I—except my husband. You know what they say: 'Behind every successful woman, there is an astonished man'.close quote

Gen. Ann Dunwoody, speaking at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., honoring her for becoming the first woman to achieve the rank of four-star general in the U.S. military

 
 
open quoteI don't believe he did this.close quote

Erin Bloomfield, describing her 8-year-old son, who is on trial in Arizona after being charged with premeditated murder for the shooting of his father and another man with a .22-caliber rifle, as a "normal boy"

 
 
open quoteThe truth is, we simply don't know what would happen if bin Laden is killed or captured, but I'm willing to bet that it would work in our favor.close quote

CIA Director Michael Hayden, warning in a speech to the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C., that Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden are still aggressive and formidable enemies for the United States

 
 
open quoteLet's be realistic, $700 billion is not enough … I think it's the T word.close quote

H. Rodgin Cohen, chairman of the law firm Sullivan & Cromwelland a pre-eminent banking lawyer, hazarding that the Wall Street bailout will actually cost the government a trillion dollars

 
 
open quoteMy wife reminded me that, hey, as president of the United States you better be careful what you say. I was trying to convey a message. I probably could have conveyed it more artfully.close quote

President George W. Bush, admitting in his first interview since Election Day that he regrets some comments he's made as president, including "bring 'em on," a reference to anti-American Iraqi insurgents

 
 
open quoteOur preference is to get a shelter dog, but obviously, a lot of the shelter dogs are mutts like me.close quote

President-elect Barack Obama, explaining that his daughter Malia's allergy to dogs complicates the much-discussed decision about what kind of puppy the new First Family will get

 
 

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