Notable and Quotable

“We are now celebrating the restoration of sovereignty.”

Sadiq al-Rikabi

A senior adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, after Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities.

“Here, the message must be sent that Mr. Madoff’s crimes were extraordinarily evil and that this kind of irresponsible manipulation of the system is not merely a bloodless financial crime that takes place just on paper, but it is instead ... one that takes a staggering human toll.”

U.S. District Judge Denny Chin

After sentencing Bernard Madoff to the maximum of 150 years in prison.