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"We must once and for all admit that there is another side ... that it is suffering and that we are behaving disgracefully." AVRAHAM SHALOM, once head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency, on Israel's tough military tactics toward the Palestinians
"I'd do it all the same all over again. I said back then, and I'll say it again now: God is the basis of our law and our government." ROY MOORE, Alabama's chief justice, standing by a decision to defy a federal court order to remove a granite monument of the Ten Commandments at the state supreme court. A state ethics judicial panel nevertheless removed him from the bench
"We were not expecting such a blow, because here in Turkey, we have always proved Islam and Judaism can live harmoniously in a peaceful manner." AVI ALKAS, leader of Istanbul's Jewish community, after bomb blasts aimed at two synagogues killed more than 20 people
"Do you think that God would separate me from my husband if I killed myself?" JACKIE KENNEDY, widow of President John F. Kennedy, to her Jesuit spiritual adviser months after her husband's assassination, in letters released by Georgetown University
"He was programmed as to what to say to the enemy." CRAIG COOLEY, lawyer for Lee Malvo, 18, suggesting his client was still following orders from the other sniper suspect, John Allen Muhammad, when he confessed to police after his capture
"All the other candidates were mere mortals." GRAY DAVIS, outgoing California Governor, on the reasons he lost to Arnold Schwarzenegger
"It looks like the people of San Francisco are an endangered species. That's probably good news for the country. Did I just say that out loud?" JEB BUSH, Florida Governor, while looking at a map showing the prevalence of wildlife in California, during a state cabinet meeting
"Don't tell. It's a big secret I used to do drugs." COURTNEY LOVE, musician-actress, before entering court, where she pleaded not guilty to felony drug charges
Sources: Washington Post; New York Times; CNN.com San Francisco Chronicle; Associated Press