“I would suggest the first thing that would make me feel a little bit better towards them if

“I would suggest the first thing that would make me feel a little bit better towards them if they’d follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, I’m sorry, and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide.”

Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa

Speaking about AIG executives during an interview with an Iowa radio station.

“Our country and our principles are more important than our individual wants.”

Justice Clarence Thomas

Of the U.S. Supreme Court, telling an audience at a liberal arts college that Americans today are self-indulgent and don’t make the sacrifices that their parents and grandparents did.