Voicebox

“I had a choice to make: either take the word of a madman [Saddam Hussein] or defend America. Given that choice, I will defend America every time.”
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
defending the role of the U.S. Intelligence in the Iraq War and the search for weapons of mass destruction.

“We have to check population boom at any cost. Otherwise our efforts in development, progress, peace and prosperity will fail.”
PRIME MINISTER BEGUM KHALEDA ZIA,
during her inaugural speech at the programme on World Population Day 2004.

“If you have courage, come with facts and figures. I can say it boldly that only three lakh people, not 30 lakh as you claim, were killed in the Liberation War at the hands of the Pakistani Army.”
FAZLUR RAHMAN,
State Minister for Youth and Sports, at a parliament meeting, while accusing opposition party Awami League of distorting history. The comment, among others, resulted in AL walking out twice from the Jatiya Sangsad.

“I don't worry about when it will all end, because nothing stays the same in this world. My cricket will have to stop some day. It will be a tough decision, because it's hard to imagine life without cricket. Half my life has been spent playing for India.”
SACHIN TENDULKAR,
assuring his fans that he still has a "long way to go" before his cricket career ends.

“My husband was pulled out of the house and then shot by the police.”
WIFE OF MOHAMMAD ALI,
to a journalist of Prothom Alo depicting how her husband who was a deed writer was killed when some miscreants took shelter in his house.

“Who is friends to Harry K Thomas? Thomas is friends to Nasim.”
BARRISTER MOUDUD AHMED,
while responding to AL leader Mommad Nasim's accusation that the government gave in to the pressure of the US and allowed Trade Unionism in the EPZ.

QUOTATIONS ARE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS.
Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN. Quotes can be sent to <ahmedehussain@gmail.com>