"In my speech I condemned all violence, even the suicide bombings and I told the Muslims it's about

"In my speech I condemned all violence, even the suicide bombings and I told the Muslims it's about time we stopped all these things ... . That was the whole tone of my speech, but they picked up one sentence where I said that the Jews control the world."
Mahathir Mohamad
Malaysian prime minister, in a Bangkok Post interview, defending controversial comments that had drawn criticism from President Bush and others.
"It's funny, nobody is whispering 'he'll be the next man.' "
Cardinal Lubomyr Husar
Of Ukraine, regarding speculation on who might become the next pope.