They want to demonstrate they are still there.
Sir Ronnie Flanagan, chief constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, on the Birmingham bomb, blamed on dissident republicans
Here come the First Cheat and Deputy First Cheat.
Ian Paisley Jnr, DUP, to David Trimble and Mark Durkan following their election to the posts of First and Deputy First Ministers
You don't make peace with your friend, you make peace with your enemy.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South African peace campaigner
There was a feeling a crack had run through the foundations, that the roof had been blown off, that the border between the imaginable and the possible had been eradicated.
Nobel laureate Prof SΘamus Heaney, on the September 11th attack on America
May I suggest that if the minister wants to play with toy trains, she do so in the comfort of her homes in Dublin or Athlone.
The Fine Gael leader, Mr Michael Noonan, on the unveiling by the Minister for Enterprise, Ms O'Rourke, of the first Luas tram
The enemy won't rest during Ramadan and neither will we.
President Bush, on the continuing assault on Afghanistan
If I were the defence minister of America, I could use his weapons better than he.
Northern Alliance Deputy Defence Minister, Atiqullah Baryalai, on US Defence Secretary, Mr Donald Rumsfeld
I have no doubt that unless we get the co-operation of the unions and of the staff on this, then we do face the very real prospect, I would say the inescapable prospect, of closure of The Irish Times.
Mr Conor Brady, editor of The Irish Times
We are watching with incredible interest, if not horror, the remarkable events at The Irish Times
Mr Gavin O'Reilly, managing director of Independent News and Media
The film is about the triumph of good over evil, and that is what people want right now.
British actor, Robbie Coltrane, on the timing of the Harry Potter movie.
Welcome home, Concorde. You were missed.
Mr Rudolph Giuliani, Mayor of New York
We can't live like this. The bus was full of elderly people, children. He didn't know if they were Jews or Arabs. He just wanted to kill.
Mr Yusuf Guzawi, driver of an Israeli bus that was attacked by a Palestinian gunman