This Week They Said

The world does not know you're here. We could kill you, and no one would know

The world does not know you're here. We could kill you, and no one would know. An American guard at Guantánamo Bay, quoted in a report released by three inmates who have been freed from the camp

Political unionism uses the IRA and the issue of IRA arms as an excuse. I think that republicans need to be prepared to remove that as an excuse. The Sinn Féin president, Gerry Adams

They want to kill us. They are just devils. A villager in Darfur, Sudan, where tribal nomads are accused of waging a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the settled population

It is time for public representatives to say publicly that it is wrong to aid and abet someone to avoid paying tax. It is up to Beverley whether she should resign or not. She was put there by the people and ultimately they will decide. Dr Jerry Cowley, an independent TD and a constituency colleague of Beverley Flynn. Ms Flynn worked at National Irish Bank at a time when it was found to have helped customers evade tax

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Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our heart is waiting. Singer Bruce Springsteen urges Americans to vote for John Kerry in the Presidential election

You won't get anything for €200,000 in this county. Bernie O'Reilly, senior executive officer with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council which this week launched an "affordable housing" scheme, with prices from €200,000 to €345,000.

We will see a widespread breaking of the €1-per-litre barrier. Tom Noonan of Maxol Oil says pump prices will increase as the cost of oil climbs to record highs

It's not technology that is stopping space tourism - it's courage. Burt Rutan, a California flight specialist who hopes to man the first private space flight next month

Religion has only one true enemy - apathy - and passionate debate is a superb antidote Novelist Dan Brown, whose bestseller The Da Vinci Code depicts the Catholic organisation Opus Dei as a conspiratorial sect

They ask us whether we don't feel hot in our habits. Sister Daniela, a member of the Sacred Heart of Jesus order of nuns, which has started preaching to sunbathers on Italian beaches

I record music that mushrooms sing to me. I believe that each mushroom has a specific idea given to it. Vaclav Halek, a Czech composer, says he is inspired by fungi

These animals could be fitted with detonators or similar devices. An Indian home ministry official fears monkeys which infiltrate government offices could pose a terrorist threat

If he had won Euro 2004, he could have slept with the guard dog and got away with it. British politician David Mellor on England soccer manager Sven-Goran Eriksson