Verbatim

‘Let not my detractors feast on this declaration. I’m not admitting guilt.’
BENJAMIN ABALOS, head of the Philippines’ elections commission, who resigned Oct. 1 over accusations of bribery, while maintaining his innocence and vowing to sue his detractors

‘I believe no one can diminish or deny the victory Ukraine has scored.’
YULIA TYMOSHENKO, Ukraine politician, as her pro-Western coalition closed in on victory in Ukraine’s close-run Sept. 30 elections. Tymoshenko is likely to be reappointed Prime Minister, a post she lost in 2005

‘They themselves are terrorists.’
STATEMENT, signed by 215 members of Iran’s parliament, condemning the U.S. Army and the CIA over the Iraq war, in response to calls by U.S. politicians to label Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organization

‘I’m feeling great, and I have sex almost every day. Almost on Monday, almost on Tuesday, almost on Wednesday …’
JACK LALANNE, left, fitness guru who turned 93 on Sept. 26

‘Personally, I’m embarrassed.’
DAVID WRIGHT, New York Mets third baseman, after the baseball team failed to make the playoffs by becoming the first in history to blow a seven-game lead with 17 games to play

‘My son and Princess Diana have been murdered by the royal family.’
MOHAMED AL FAYED, right, speaking to reporters on the opening day of the inquest into the deaths of Diana Princess of Wales and his son Dodi

‘We don’t need protection. We need equality.’
SELEN LERMIOGLU, Turkish women’s rights activist, speaking out against a draft constitution that describes women as a vulnerable group requiring protection