“... I think that God used this tragedy to strengthen our faith.”

“... I think that God used this tragedy to strengthen our faith.”

Vietnamese Catholic Hoang Vu

Upon visiting the spot where a charter bus carrying fellow Vietnamese Catholics on the pilgrimage had crashed and killed 17 people.

“Russian aggression must not go unanswered, and that its continuation would have serious consequences for its relations with the United States.”

Vice President Dick Cheney

Repeating what he told Georgia’s pro-American president in regard to Russia’s military offensive in the former Soviet republic.

“A fingertip did the victory. It is nothing.”

French swimmer Amaury Leveaux

After American swimmer Jason Lezak narrowly beat French swimmer Alain Bernard in the 400-meter freestyle relay at the Olympics.