“Protests are a part of the Democratic society and student protests are particularly a long


“Protests are a part of the Democratic society and student protests are particularly a long honored tradition in democratic society.”

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

When told New Zealand students plan to protest the Iraq war by offering a reward for her arrest during her visit there.

“The walls between the countries with the most and those with the least cannot stand. The walls between races and tribes, natives and immigrants, Christians and Muslims and Jews cannot stand.”

U.S. Sen. Barack Obama

Democratic presidential contender, speaking to a crowd estimated at more than 200,000 in Berlin, Germany.