“By helping these young democracies grow in freedom and prosperity we will once again reap the

“By helping these young democracies grow in freedom and prosperity we will once again reap the benefits in generations of security and peace.”

President Bush

Comparing the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to Warld War II and the rebuiding efforts in Japan and Germany.

“We have not gone through this historical election only to lose.”

Hillary Rodham Clinton

Addressing hundreds of supporters in Billings, Mont.

“I’m not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans ....”

Actress Sharon Stone

Prompting the founder of one of China’s biggest cinema chains to say his company would not show her films in his theaters.