“This is what we needed. I hope to God people have more freedom — the freedom to have

“This is what we needed. I hope to God people have more freedom — the freedom to have opinions and always speak their minds. People talk in the hallways or the back rooms. ... There’s a lot of fear.”

Cuban Lydis Perez

Saying she is hopeful some policies will change now that Fidel Castro is stepping down as president.

“The people on Monday didn’t vote to elect a new president. In fact, they participated in the elections to elect the new parliament.”

Rashid Qureshi

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s spokesman, on why he refuses to step down after the election victory by his opponents.