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"Had I realized then what I know now about the Taliban, I would never have joined them." JOHN WALKER LINDH, American Taliban, in a tearful statement in federal court, before being sentenced to 20 years in prison

"The cost of one bullet, if the Iraqi people take it on themselves, is substantially less than that." ARI FLEISCHER, White House press secretary, suggesting that the assassination of Saddam Hussein would cost less than a U.S. military invasion

"Let me put it this way: I had only one bullet, and I used it to shoot myself in the foot." ARI FLEISCHER, trying to calm the media frenzy over his earlier comment

"Half my lunch partners these days are doing, in handcuffs, the perp walk, filing for bankruptcy, or 'exploring new opportunities.'" TINA BROWN, former Talk magazine editor, in her debut "Lunching in New York" column for the Times of London

"I think Muhammad was a terrorist...a violent man, a man of war." THE REV. JERRY FALWELL, conservative Baptist minister, on the Prophet of Islam; Falwell later stood by the statement but added, "Most Muslims are people of peace."

Sources: New York Times (2), Washington Post, Times of London, Associated Press