A look back at the week in quotes.
Everyone knows this is theatre by Bush the criminal in an attempt to win the election.
Saddam Hussein appears in the dock in Baghdad
This is no good. Why are his hands free?
Aran Hinmis, an Iraqi citizen, watches the proceedings on television
For us the Olympic Games start today.
Greek public order minister Giorgos Voulgarakis, as the country launches a huge security sweep ahead of the Olympics, which start in six weeks
Democracy can't achieve everything, but you can't achieve anything without democracy.
Slogan used by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong
There are those who said it wouldn't be done, there are those who said it shouldn't be done and there are those who said it couldn't be done.
Minister for Transport Séamus Brennan (right) as the Luas light rail carries its first passengers in Dublin
I'd like to take my hat off to Bertie . . . Bertie has enormous capacities.
European Commission President Romano Prodi praises the Taoiseach, whose term as president of the EU Council finished this week
A sinister exercise in moral frivolity, crudely disguised as an exercise in seriousness . . . A spectacle of abject political cowardice masking itself as a demonstration of "dissenting" bravery.
Writer Christopher Hitchens takes a cudgel to Michael Moore's anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 911
In many instances the Irish version bears no resemblance to the English version of Gaeltacht place names.
Seán McEniff, chairman of North West Tourism, opposes the removal of English place names from Gaeltacht signposts
The likelihood of a possible blackout is higher than we would like.
Pat Managan, head of ESB power system operations, warns of possible power cuts unless new plants come on stream in the next year
Either [Lynne] Truss needed a copy editor or her copy editor needed a copy editor.
Louis Menand, the New Yorker writer, says Eats, Shoots & Leaves, the best selling book about punctuation, is rife with errors
I think he was just having a bad day.
Patrick Leahy, a Democratic senator, after a heated exchange with Dick Cheney, in which the US Vice-President allegedly used the f-word
Clearly the Celtic Tiger never died.
Bank of Ireland chief economist Dan McLaughlin (left) ahead of figures expected to show the economy is growing at its strongest rate since 2001
Eating a ballot constitutes a serious breach of the Canada Elections Act.
Message in the frequently asked questions section of www.elections.ca
It is always the same. The British always look for a victim, and I am not about to be their victim. I do not care.
Urs Meier, the Swiss referee who disallowed England's last-minute "goal" against Portugal in Euro 2004
I didn't have time to try and work out what species it was. I was convinced it was trying to eat me.
An Australian diver who faces up to two years in prison for killing an endangered grey nurse shark