“ Learn from US how to burn Muslims”
Graffito on a wall on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, the capital of India’s Gujarat State, where more than 400 lives have been lost Hindu- Muslim clashes

“ I said to them, ‘ I would advise you not to smoke…. It is not good for you. You are better of not smoking.”
Martin Broughton,
executive chairman of British American Tobacco, in an Interview with the times of London, describing his warning to his young children.

“Everybody here knows we are just a group of old Christians. We want nothing from Society but an explanation why this happened to us.”
Chen Zhongxin,
63, manager of a Northern Beijing old folks’ home, on the government’s decision to cut off the home’s electricity. China wants to evict the group for its illegal practice of Christianity.

“ Think big.”
President Richard Nixon,
in a conversation with Henry Kissinger in 1972, suggesting his next move in Vietnam. The taped conversation was released and reveals that Nixon considered but rejected using nuclear weapons.

“ Do you still throw spears at each other?”
Britain’s Prince Phillip,
to aboriginal businessman William Brim on his recent trip to Australia. Buckingham Palace insists the queen’s husband, notorious for his often- insensitive comments toward foreigners, was simply trying to be humorous. Brim said he found it “ quite funny.”

“ In the case of the use of a weapons of mass destruction, the federal government would be able to do its job and continue to provide key service and respond.”
Joseph W. Hagin,
White House deputy chief of staff, on the recently formed “shadow government,” whose members have been deployed to underground bunkers in case of a terrorist attack.

“ What do you want us to do? Sit back and play dead?”
Raanan Gissin,
spokesman for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, on why Israeli forces bombed Palestinian territories, killing at least 40 people.

“It is just about he republican right wing in American trying to finish off the job that the first George Bush failed to do.
“British Labour M.P. Martin Salter,
on why he and other members of his party are against American military action in Iraq.

“ Before, we had no rights, but now we have rights and we’re celebrating this fact.”
An Afghan woman named Zarmina,
on talking part in Afghanistan’s first international women’s day in 11 years

“What a question to ask a Dutchman!”
European central Bank president Wim Duisenberg,
when queried about whether the proper English plural of the new European currency is “euro” or “euros”

“I’m used to it. I’ve had it like this since I can remember.”
Bosnia Serb farmer Cvjetan Gavric,
on why he won’t cut his hair. His wavy gray mane has often led him to be stopped by authorities, Who think he bears a striking resemblance to war-crime fugitive Radovan Karadzic.

“ Maybe we have just redefined inhumanity here.”
Prosecutor Richard Alpert,
on the actions of Chante Mallard, a Texas nurse’s aide accused of hitting a man with her car, driving home with him lodged in her broken windshield, and ignoring his pleas for help while he bled to death in her garage for two days.

“ The seeds of hatred were sown [by the BfP]…. It’s like what the Nazis did against the fews. It must be terrifying to be a Muslim in this country todays.”
Arundhati Roy.