2002 Peace agrrements with Rwanda (Newsweek)

 
"I
don't think it's very likely a terrorist would seek treatment…
[Therapy] is aimed at highly functioning neurotics, not psychopaths." New
York psychoanalyst Gail Saltz, on whether her profession can help root
out potential terrorists. The U.S. Justice Department recently
announced a plan to encourage civilians to take note of any suspicious
activity they may encounter in their everyday work life.

"We did not cancel the tour. They canceled on us." Israel
Philharmonic Orchestra chief executive Avi Shoshani, on the collapse of
his group's planned three-city U.S. tour after organizers discovered
that American security firms were unwilling to guard the 100 musicians
for fear of terrorist attacks

"We're becoming another Argentina." Maurice
Lopez, a 45-year-old store clerk in Montevideo, Uruguay, lamenting the
current economic crisis sweeping through his country

"Were it not for the conspiracy of these financial institutions and companies, apartheid would not have been possible." Edward
Fagan, a lawyer who is heading a class-action lawsuit against at least
seven companies–including Royal Dutch/Shell, IBM and Deutsche
Bank–that, through their business dealings in South Africa, gave
financial support to the white-led regime at a time when there was an
embargo against the country

"I don't think so. People would have told me." Afghanistan
President Hamid Karzai, on whether there had been a cover-up by the
American government after an air raid by the U.S. military in July
killed 46 Afghan civilians

"The president of the United States is entitled to a vacation just like everybody else." White
House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, on President George W. Bush's
annual August getaway to his ranch in Crawford, Texas. Criticism of the
president's vacation habits has put the White House on the defensive.


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