Best quotes of 2007

There are three certainties in life, death and taxes, and the Democrats' desire to get money from both.

--Steve Forbes, on Your World with Neil Cavuto, Jan. 6


[I am] the most powerful woman in America.

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We will not just break through a glass ceiling, we will break through a marble ceiling. In more than 200 years of history, there was an established pecking order -- and I cut in line.

--Nancy Pelosi on becoming Speaker of the House, Jan. 4

The burden is on the president to justify any additional resources. ... The president's going to have to engage with Congress in the justification for any additional troops.

--Nancy Pelosi, Face the Nation, Jan. 7

We put all our concerns on hold to let the leaders lead. I think we're owed a big, massive apology.

--Robert Redford, Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 18

The president knows that because the troops are in harm's way, that we won't cut off the resources. That's why he's moving so quickly to put them in harm's way.

--Nancy Pelosi, ABC's Good Morning America, Jan. 19

This was his decision to go to war with an ill-conceived plan and an incompetently executed strategy.

--Hillary Clinton, to an audience in Iowa, Jan. 28

So, we pay the soldiers a decent wage, take care of their families, provide them with housing and medical care and vast social support systems and ship obscene amenities into the war zone for them, we support them in every possible way, and their attitude is that we should in addition roll over and play dead, defer to the military and the generals and let them fight their war, and give up our rights and responsibilities to speak up because they are above society?

--William Arkin, The Washington Post, Jan. 30

I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man.

--Senator Joseph Biden, D-Del, New York Observer, Feb. 7

If I were running Al Qaeda in Iraq, I would put a circle around March 2008 and pray as many times as possible for a victory not only for Obama but also for the Democrats.

--John Howard, Australian Prime Minister, Feb. 10

Indisputable evidence — long hidden but now available to everyone — demonstrates conclusively that so-called 'secular evolution science' is the Big Bang, 15-billion-year, alternate 'creation scenario' of the Pharisee Religion. This scenario is derived concept-for-concept from Rabbinic writings in the mystic 'holy book' Kabbala dating back at least two millennia.

--Ben Bridges, state rep, R-Georgia, Feb. 15

I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned.

--John McCain, Senator, R-Arizona, Feb. 18

(MMOs/MMORPGs are) going to destroy TV - and it's going to happen in short term," said Daniel James of Three Rings.

--Daniel James of Three Rings, March 7

Amid the real challenges in Iraq, we're beginning to see some signs of progress. Yet, to score political points, the Democratic majority in the House has shown it is willing to undermine the gains our troops are making on the ground.

--President Bush, March 23

You, Misters Bush and Cheney, you, Ms. Rice, are villainously and criminally obscene people. And I've got a question for your daughers, Mr. Bush. They're not children anymore. Do they support your policy in Iraq, if they do, how dare they not be in uniform.

--Sean Penn, March 24

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) offered an excellent demonstration yesterday of why members of Congress should not attempt to supplant the secretary of state when traveling abroad.

--Washington Post editorial, April 5

We need a post-Bush, post-9/11, post-Iraq military that is mission focused on protecting Americans from 21st century threats, not misused for discredited ideological purposes. By framing this as a war, we have walked right into the trap the terrorists have set -- that we are engaged in some kind of clash of civilizations and a war on Islam.

--John Edwards, presidential candidate, former U.S. Senator (D), May 23


(In Greenland) we saw firsthand evidence that climate change is a reality; there is just no denying it. It wasn't caused by the people of Greenland — it was caused by the behavior of the rest of the world.

--Nancy Pelosi, May 28

What this global war on terror -- bumper sticker, political slogan, that's all it is, that's all it's ever been -- was intended to do was for George Bush to use it to justify everything he does.

--John Edwards, Democratic presidential candidate, June 3

I came here looking for a great country. I found a great country.

--Sean Penn, of Venezuela, Aug. 6

We've got to get the job done (in Afghanistan). And that requires us to have enough troops so that we're not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous problems there.

--Barack Hussein Obama, Aug. 14