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"Most of you are a mob with no trace of good morals. We will continue to fight you as long as we have weapons in our hands." ATTRIBUTED TO OSAMA BIN LADEN, al-Qaeda leader, in a message to Americans broadcast on al-Jazeera; a reference to a $450 billion U.S. budget deficit suggests it was taped after July 15

"The Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million. But today the Jews rule the world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them." MAHATHIR MOHAMAD, Malaysian Prime Minister, at a summit meeting of Islamic leaders; his Foreign Minister later apologized

"The battle that we're in is a spiritual battle. Satan wants to destroy this nation, he wants to destroy us as a nation, and he wants to destroy us as a Christian army." LIEUT. GENERAL WILLIAM BOYKIN, new Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, characterizing the war on terrorism as a religious battle, in remarks to a church in June that drew fire after being reported last week, prompting Boykin to apologize

"It was like the Titanic hitting the iceberg, but instead the side of the boat was ripped out by these giant wooden beams." ROBERT CARROLL, a passenger on the Staten Island ferry in New York City that crashed into a pier, killing at least 10 people

"She's what every macho lawyer wants to be. The only difference is, she's a chick." GERRY GOLDSTEIN, San Antonio, Texas, defense lawyer, on Pamela Mackey, the attorney defending Kobe Bryant against a charge of rape

"Who wouldn't be scared? Of course I'm scared. The last place I would ever want to go is prison." MARTHA STEWART, homemaking maven, who faces trial in January on charges of securities fraud and obstruction of justice, to ABC's Barbara Walters in an interview that will air in November

"For this I want a lot of money. The ball is in your court." WOODY ALLEN, filmmaker, to prospective publishers in a book proposal for a memoir of his life

Sources: CNN; AP; Los Angeles Times; New York Post; TIME; ABC News; New York Post