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'In all seriousness, this is really quite unfair.' ALAN GREENSPAN, former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman, on his policies being blamed for the nation's economic woes

'Our readiness is being consumed as fast as we build it.' GENERAL RICHARD A. CODY, Army Vice Chief of Staff, testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the strain on U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan

'The people are afraid of the government, but the government is as afraid of the people.' ABDEL WAHAB EL-MESSERY, an organizer with Kifaya, an Egyptian opposition coalition, on the recent demonstrations and riots signaling discontent with President Hosni Mubarak's...

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