Verbatim: Jul. 24, 2006

“No one can make India kneel.” –MANMOHAN SINGH, Indian Prime Minister, after train bombings in Bombay killed about 200 people. No group has claimed responsibility

“It takes a strong Marine to cry.” –LINDSEY GRAHAM, Republican Senator from South Carolina, after General Peter Pace, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tearfully testified at a congressional hearing on immigration about the opportunities the U.S. afforded his father, an Italian immigrant

“The statements of your Vice President … are the same as an unsuccessful hunting shot.” –VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian President, replying to Vice President Dick Cheney’s criticisms–he chastised Russia for restricting democracy–by alluding to Cheney’s accidental shooting of a friend in February

“We are for dialogue. But of course we will not negotiate our undeniable rights with anyone.” –MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, Iranian President, whose refusal to halt Iran’s nuclear program led the U.S., Russia, China and E.U. powers to refer the case to the U.N. Security Council for possible punitive action

“I’m not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you’ve forgotten what high school was like.” –MADELEINE ALBRIGHT, former U.S. Secretary of State, on women in leadership

“This is what happens when possessions take the place of emotions.” –WARREN ADLER, author of The War of the Roses–about a rich couple’s deadly divorce–on the doctor who allegedly leveled his New York City home last week to keep his soon-to-be ex-wife from getting the house

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Sources: BBC News; Washington Post; NBC News; AFP; New York Daily News; New York Times