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Best statements 2006
1. I will not withdraw even if Laura and Barney are the only ones supporting me.
Said by George Bush, according to author Bob Woodward in his book "State of Denial". Barney is the President's dog.

2. We certainly would not want to have the same kind of democracy as they have in Iraq.
Vladimir Putin in response to George W. Bush's statement that his country should emulate democracy in Iraq. (NW, July 24)

3. In the year 2015 they plan to send a spaceship to Jupiter to search for water, yet in Africa or India we can't get water to the people who need it. Kevin Watkins, lead author of a UN report on "water apartheid." (NW, November 20)

4. All those parents who are preoccupied with making demands on schools and teachers should rather spend some of their effort on raising their own children, so they don't turn into anti-social little monsters. Editorial in the Danish online publication "Ekstra Bladet." (DN, March 11/12)

5. 500 000 flies can't be wrong. Jazz club owner Ronnie Scott about the menu at Ronnie Scott's.

6. An inconvenient truth Title of a film about global warming, presented by Al Gore. Jeff Skoll and Davis Guggenheim are the executive producers.

7. If they are competent to fight this war, then I ought to be singing on "American Idol." Dick Cheney about the Democrats. (NW, April 3)

8. It is like asking John Gotti to do what he can to clean up organized crime. Then-Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (d). In answer to a Republican proposal to change the lobbying rules for Congress. John Gotti was New York's most powerful mafia boss in recent history. (T, January 30)

9. I've often fantasized of telling an angry caller, "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to cancel your subscription!" US editorial. (DN, July 29/30)

10. Instead of properly regulating the economy, the state owns the economy. Alexander Lebedev, Russian billionaire to The New York Times. (DN, May 13/14)