Verbatim

“Sometimes God tests you. I’m a fighter, and I’ve come back before.”
JOHN KERRY, former U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, on the possibility of running for President again in four years

“The President is not going to trim his sails or pull back.”
COLIN POWELL, U.S. Secretary of State, on President George W. Bush’s plan to continue with his aggressive foreign policy following his election victory

“The Americans are mistaken if they think they are going to end the resistance by occupying Fallujah.”
ABU KHALID, an Iraqi insurgent using a nom de guerre, speaking to a reporter by phone from inside the city during last week’s attack by allied forces

“Either you resolve it … or you are just inviting utter disgust and frustration that will lead to the mushrooming of terrorist cells.”
ANWAR IBRAHIM, former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, criticizing Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra over the ongoing violence in predominantly Muslim southern Thailand

“Canada cannot be the drugstore of the United States.”
UJJAL DOSANJH, Canadian Health Minister, warning that Americans sidestepping high prescription-drug costs at home by buying their medicines over the border may strain his country’s health-care system

“If I get a really good one that makes sense and ties us together … there’s maybe some meat on that chicken.”
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, actor and Governor of California, on accepting offers to star in Japanese TV commercials to help reopen his cash-strapped state’s Tokyo trade office

“At the end of the day, we have to let the masses decide whether they like Britney Spears or not.”
SAAD MOHSENI, director of Afghanistan’s Tolo TV, responding to a court order last week to shut down cable-television stations in the country to halt the airing of salacious Bollywood films and Western music videos