“I don’t see any reason why we can’t work together as Zimbabweans. We are all sons

“I don’t see any reason why we can’t work together as Zimbabweans. We are all sons of the soil, as we say, and the differences arise purely from own conceptions of what Zimbabwe should be and what the government of Zimbabwe should be.”

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe

On a power-sharing agreement in the works with the opposition.

“We didn’t promise paradise when you came back here. We’ve got a lot of work to do. You’ve got a lot of work to do.”

Steve LeBlanc

City manager of Galveston, Texas, as the devastated beach town of Galveston, Texas, reopened to residents 10 days after Hurricane Ike.