“I’m not trying to be my father. He’s irreplaceable. I’m simply trying to do

“I’m not trying to be my father. He’s irreplaceable. I’m simply trying to do something that I think there’s a real niche for, that there’s a calling for, that has to do with youth, not just in the election but in politics from now on.”

Luke Russert, 22

On being hired by NBC to help cover the political conventions. His father, Tim Russert, the host of NBC’s “Meet the Press,” died June 13 of a heart attack at 58.

“I have an invisible adviser but I have decided to represent myself.”

Radovan Karadzic

Former Bosnian Serb leader, telling a judge he would defend himself against charges of genocide and crimes against humanity before the U.N.’s Yugoslav war crimes tribunal.