It has come to my attention that yet further allegations, this time of a most untrue and malicious, vile nature, have been levelled against a member of my family. Let it be known that lawyers have already been instructed to forensically investigate a particular communication that spread this vile, false allegation which attempts to implicate me and destroy my good character. – Dana Rosemary Scallon at the end of the Prime Timepresidential debate.
How do you square, Martin McGuinness, with your God the fact that you were involved in the murder of so many people? – Miriam O'Callaghan questions the Sinn Féin candidate during the same debate.
I was accused of being a murderer. That was wrong . . . Miriam went round all the other candidates and asked each and every one of them if I was suitable to be president. She didn't ask me if I thought any of them were suitable to be president of Ireland. – Martin McGuinness responds to his treatment.
Now, we don't take any options off the table in terms of how we operate with Iran, but . . . we will continue to apply the sorts of pressure that will have a direct impact on the Iranian government until it makes a better choice in terms of how it's going to interact with the rest of the international community. – Barack Obama responds to an alleged Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US.
In Poland, you go to jail for insulting the president, for a word, for insulting religious feelings, insulting an official. You go to jail for drinking beer and then walking with your bike. You go to jail for smoking a joint. For abortion. This is a nihilist policy which hurts people. – J anusz Palikot, a former vodka tycoon whose ultra-liberal party won its first seats in Poland's parliament this week.
This cocktail was a recipe for disaster. – Sleep expert Nader Kamanger testifies Michael Jackson's combination of prescription drugs ultimately caused his death.
I am out here . . . as part of the 99 per cent who thinks that our government is run . . . by billionaires and millionaires and are no longer responsive to the people that actually put them in office and elected them. – Mansoor Khan, an Occupy Wall Street protester outside the Manhattan home of Rupert Murdoch.