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Sir, you have a long list of people to blame for Enron's collapse, and it gets longer and longer as you testify

Sir, you have a long list of people to blame for Enron's collapse, and it gets longer and longer as you testify. And your list of people to blame and events to blame did not include yourself, did it, sir? Federal prosecutor John Heuston in an exchange with Kenneth Lay, the founder of Enron. Lay was found guilty on all six counts of fraud and conspiracy.

The truth is that he has no connection whatsoever with the events of September 11th. I am certain of what I say because I was responsible for entrusting the 19 brothers . . . with the raids.

Osama bin Laden says that Zacarias Moussaoui had "no connection" with the September 11th attacks.

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From a Ryanair letter to its pilots, recommending they not join a trade union. The letter, sent in 2004, was read out in the High Court this week.

I don't think you can try and make comparisons. They're not the same.

Dermot Ahern, Minister for Foreign Affairs, says there is no comparison between the plight of "illegal" Irish in the United States and that of the Afghan nationals who staged last week's protest at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

I took a car stereo, a coin box and a small amp to make the karaoke. Who would even consider patenting something like that?

Inoue Daisuke, who invented, but declined to patent, the karaoke machine. He is estimated to have lost out on $150 million as a result.

What sort of priorities do you have when you're heading around like the queen of Drumcondra?

Green Party TD John Gormley questions the Taoiseach's make-up bill.

If Donegal is the forgotten county, then Inishowen is the forgotten part of the forgotten county.

Fine Gael councillor Bernard McGuinness of Donegal, reacting to a map published by the Government which shows the Inishowen peninsula as part of Northern Ireland.

The children described him as a madman, and even a visitation report by authorities questioned his mental health - yet he carried on.

Barrister Mark Connaughton SC explains how a Christian Brother known to be violent was allowed to continue teaching. He was addressing the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse.

We see how the United States defends its interests, we see what methods and means they use for this.

Russian president Vladimir Putin implies that the US wages war to protect its oil interests. He was responding to accusations from US vice-president Dick Cheney that Moscow was using its huge gas reserves to "bully" western Europe.

The war has affected the mentality of the country. American people need to know we are making progress.

George Bush acknowledges instability in Iraq has damaged his ratings at home.

If the head of state comes under attack, the state is required by law to take action. If the suspects are caught with weapons, it's only natural they should be arrested and put on trial.

Tariq Aziz, a former senior member of the Baath regime, says Saddam Hussein's ruthless crackdowns on dissent were justified.

I feel that the arc of my own life as an activist is not unlike that of a lot of other people: we started off responding to a need, then started to be informed about what had caused that need, and then went on to discover that the response to that need was not exactly what we originally thought it was.

Bono, talking about his campaigning for Africa.

It's none of our business. We don't go to a player and ask, 'How are you fixed here?'

New York GAA chair Séamus Dooley, amid fears that some of the hurling team's players may be in the US illegally.