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Saddam Hussein didn't attack us. Osama bin Laden attacked us. Al-Qaeda attacked us.
- John Kerry disputes President Bush's claim that invading Iraq has made America safer, during the presidential candidates' first televised debate.
It's the IQ, stupid.
- Salon magazine awards round one to Kerry.
This Government has the proven capacity to meet the key opportunities and challenges facing this country.
- The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, unveils his new cabinet.
Old wine and rancid old wine at that.
- Labour leader Pat Rabbitte disdains the ministerial reshuffle.
The pace of change in our country has been intense and confronts us with testing challenges.
- The President, Mrs McAleese, is appointed to a second term.
Where Ulster's issues are being discussed you can't do without Ian Paisley.
- The DUP leader comes to Dublin for political talks for the first time.
They treated us with dignity.
- The Italian hostage Simona Torretta (29), talking about her Iraqi abductors after she had been released and reunited with her family.
I'm like any other human being, as fallible and as capable of being wrong.
- Tony Blair admits to the British Labour Party Conference that the Iraq war weapons of mass destruction claim was wrong.
Excuse me if I'm nervous but I'm not used to speaking to crowds of less than 100,000.
- U2 singer Bono addresses the Labour conference.
It was a night.
- Actress Brigitte Bardot when asked what was the best day of her life
Anywhere you go to eat, to sleep, it's too crowded. It's too tiring. Even for toilets you have to line up.
- Ren Bilian, a 30-year-old nurse, on overcrowding in Beijing as China prepares for its National Day holiday.
Tony Blair is a gentleman and a statesman. I think his sell-by date has gone and he has to go.
- Paul Bigley, brother of hostage Ken Bigley.
Kids think voting is a chore. It gets in the way of shopping. They think "issues" are for adults.
- Pop singer Christina Aguilera on the low turnout of young women in US elections
A bulldozer entered our living room and demolished half the house.
- Hussein al-Jamal, a resident of Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, where Israeli tanks attacked for the first time in four years.
We have to say to people, think of other things to spend your money on.
- Dr Joe Barry, a senior lecturer in public health at Trinity College, on the rise in binge drinking.