That he did so as a citizen is a disgrace, that he did so as a public representative is a scandal.
- Mr Justice Smyth delivering his verdict in the Liam Lawlor case
I accept fully what the judge said. It is a scandal . . . Fianna Fail fully accepts that.
- Mr Dermot Ahern, Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs
Deputy Lawlor has been found guilty of serious wrongdoing by the High Court. What has the Tanaiste to say now?
- The Labour Party leader, Mr Ruairi Quinn, of Ms Harney's past assertion that she would not remain a member of any government dependent for Dail survival on anyone guilty of wrongdoing
Now that this has happened there will be a lot of frightened individuals. The message from the court is very clear. You cannot treat tribunals of inquiry with contempt because if you do you will pay the price.
- The Green Party TD, Mr John Gormley, on the Lawlor judgment
I'm making no comment, Charlie. And if I make no comment, you know what no comment means.
- Mr Lawlor, addressing Charlie Bird after the verdict
Oh yeah, the guy who came with the runner.
- President-elect Bush, asked about a meeting last year with Mr William Hague, who had with him his chief-of-staff, the former Olympic athlete Sebastian Coe
There will be no choice but for you to divide this land into two states for two people.
- President Clinton, in a last-ditch drive for Middle East peace
We have lost an invaluable source of advice and encouragement on the Middle East peace process.
- The Taoiseach, of Dr Yousef Allen, the delegate-general of Palestine in Ireland, who has died
I am a father to a daughter who has been born outside my marriage.
- The Rev Jesse Jackson, Baptist preacher and US politician, who advised President Clinton after the outcry over his affair with Monica Lewinsky
Against whom is this crusade being conducted?
- The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, referring to recent comments by a former ASTI president, Ms Bernadine O'Sullivan, in which she said the union was on a "crusade"
Probably one of the most important pieces of paper documentation in the 20th century in Ireland.
- Auctioneer Ian Whyte, on a copy of the 1916 Proclamation, which sold for £56,000
In its cliched nationalist treatment of the subject matter, Rebel Heart represents a perverse investment by the BBC in the context of the current Belfast Agreement . . . which was supposed to "take the gun out of Irish politics".
- Mr David Trimble, writing in the Daily Telegraph
Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
- Wanda Jean Allen (41), the first black woman to be executed in the US since 1954, moments before she died by lethal injection
Our girls are not public figures. They're children of a President.
- Laura Bush, wife of the incoming US President
I've had wonderful experiences [with drugs]. I mean really wonderful.
- Actor Keanu Reeves, crediting drugs for "personal epiphanies"
He's way, way too young for me. But he's gorgeous, smart and single.
- Model Jerry Hall (44), of her 33-year-old boyfriend