"This is one of the largest nonmilitary budgets requested in American history. It amounts to more

"This is one of the largest nonmilitary budgets requested in American history. It amounts to more than 10 times more than the United States has ever spent in a year in any country. And it's a clear, dramatic illustration of the fact that the American people are going to finish the job we started when we liberated Iraq."
L. Paul Bremer
U.S. civil administrator for Iraq, about President Bush's request to Congress for spending on Iraq.
"In the four weeks where we are and where we have to get, we just can't get there."
Peter Ueberroth
Former Major League Baseball commissioner, dropping out of the California recall race.