“Thanks to the brave men and women ... there has not been another attack on our soil in 2,557

“Thanks to the brave men and women ... there has not been another attack on our soil in 2,557 days.”

President Bush

At a ceremony marking the seventh anniversary of the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

“I cannot overemphasize the danger that is facing us. It’s going to do some substantial damage.”

Texas Gov. Rick Perry

As his state prepared for Hurricane Ike.

“Without fear of the empire, I declare the U.S. ambassador ‘persona non grata.”’

Bolivian President Evo Morales

Expelling U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg after accusing him of conspiring with Bolivia’s conservative opposition.