”Unless leaders of foreign governments are willing to kneel once a day facing Washington and give praise to George Bush, they, too, may be in the same posture as Noriega.”-Manuel Noriega`s lead attorney, bitterly denouncing the government`s case.
REP. JIM KOLBE (R-ARIZ.), ON A BILL DOUBLING WHAT SENIORS CAN EARN WITHOUT LOSING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS: ”We are robbing our children, we are robbing our grandchildren in order to get votes today.”
”Tragedy always has more to do with chance than sense.”
-Columnist Bernie Lincicome, on athletes with AIDS.
”We have to be courageous enough sometimes to be decent.”
-Randolph Murray, editor of the Anchorage Times, siding with Arthur Ashe on the question of privacy.
”An example of ad timing unmatched since General Custer told his troops,
`Hurry up, boys, or we`ll arrive late at the Little Big Horn.”`
”If we held his feet to the fire and marched on ours to the polls, we`d get a lot more.”
-Anne Summers, former editor of Ms., on how feminists should treat Bill Clinton.
”There`s always a tendency to look for a knight in shining armor. I don`t think knights in shining honor exist in politics.”
-Democratic Party Chairman Ron Brown.
”I wonder if Mr. Royko would be so enthusiastic if Donald Trump was behind this proposal.”
-A letter to the editor, opposing a proposed casino complex in Chicago.
”Justice has been served.”
-President Bush, on the conviction of Manuel Noriega.
”There will be no special deals, and that`s fair.”
-American Airline Chairman Robert Crandall, on the airline`s simplified fare structure.
