“They’re from all over the United States and with some very extensive educational

“They’re from all over the United States and with some very extensive educational backgrounds.”

Anthony Catale, Youngstown school board president, describing the 31 applicants for school superintendent.

“Legalizing in this sense does not mean drugs are good and don’t harm those who consume them. Rather we should look at it as a strategy to strike at and break the economic structure that allows gangs to generate huge profits in their trade, which feeds corruption and increases their areas of power.”

Former Mexico President Vicente Fox, on his blog urging his successor, President Felipe Calderon, to legalize drugs in Mexico.

“Obama, how do you expect me to accept this gentleman as ambassador? He disqualified himself; he cannot come as ambassador.”

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, rejecting the diplomat nominated by President Barack Obama to be the U.S. ambassador to Caracas because he recently suggested morale is low in Venezuela’s military and raised concerns about Colombian rebels’ finding refuge in Venezuela.