A potpourri of quotations about topics in the news - some related and some un-....
Secretary of State Colin Powell, on the Palestinians: "What we need is, I believe, more responsible action on the part of the Palestinian Authority in order to bring terrorism under control - to make sure that violence is being brought to an end."
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Al Gore, on Bush and the terror war: (a) "In the presence of large campaign contributors, President Bush is a moral coward"; (b) "Osama bin Laden attacked us, but we couldn't find him in Afghanistan. And the light was better in Baghdad."
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Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga., kicking off a national "Democrats for Bush" drive: "Fortunately, Democrats like us have a courageous and principled leader we're proud to support. It just so happens that he has a little 'R' after his name. ... Frankly, I've had it up to here with the politicians who claim to represent my party but really represent nothing but special-interest groups and their own partisan agendas. I remember when most Democrats were in favor of projecting America's power abroad, because we believed that America was a great force for good over evil. For decades the Democratic Party maintained peace through strength.
"We worked with Republicans to ensure that freedom and democracy would not falter in the face of any threat. These days it seems like some people in my party are motivated more by partisan politics than by national interest."
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