Quotes of the week

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[The Democratic Party] is the party that is tolerant of, maybe more so than Republicans, that lifestyle.

I believe in talking to your enemies. It’s got to be hard-nosed, it’s got to be determined. You don’t give away anything, but in my view, it’s not appeasement to talk to your enemies.

I think the big question is whether we can come up with something before it’s too late. There’s a real sense that the clock is ticking, that Bush is desperate for a change, but no one in the White House can bring themselves to say so with this election coming.

The people who want to see this thing blow up are ABC News and a lot of Democratic operatives, people funded by George Soros.

I explained my thought that I shall not make clear whether I have or will visit the shrine.

Rest assured, we will go back to work immediately and try to right this sad failure, and provide a championship for the Yankees, as is our goal every year.

A tit-for-tat censorship battle only leaves all of us less informed.

It’s as much about perception as reality. Even with the failure of a movie like Poseidon, we’ve had much smaller movies we’ve lost as much money on.

I feel the American Republic is in the deepest crisis of my lifetime. We are on the edge of that abyss.

An American Eichmann is not altogether impossible here.

They will say, ‘We do not want the Taliban, but then we would rather have that austere and unpleasant life that that might involve, rather than another five years of fighting.’

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.