"[The United States and other Western powers] want to prevent other countries from reaching the pinnacle of science and technology."

"[The United States and other Western powers] want to prevent other countries from reaching the pinnacle of science and technology."
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
President of Iran, in defending his country's efforts at developing nuclear technology.
"The negotiations for letting Russia into the WTO should not become a bargaining chip for questions that have nothing in common with the activities of this organization."
Russian President Vladimir Putin
In a barb aimed at the United States, which he said has used Russia's World Trade Organization accession negotiations as a vehicle to make unrelated demands.