"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president." - Hillary Clinton, while First Lady, commenting on the release of subpoenaed documents


"My husband may have his faults, but he has never lied to me." - from page 465 of Hillary Clinton's book "Living History"


"Just keep the cockpit door closed. You can put up a sign in Arab - this is, say, type-casting, but say 'Try to hijack, go to jail.' " - Senator Fritz Hollings on preventing another 9/11 type terrorist attack


"On behalf of all of you, I want to express my appreciation for this tremendously warm recession." - Democratic National Committee chairman Ron Brown


"Last year, the vice president launched a new effort to help make communities more liberal." - President Bill Clinton, during his 2000 State of the Union speech


"No, it wasn't classic at all. I had one of those inarticulate moments late in the evening... and I didn't say something very clearly." - John Kerry in reference to his $87 billion statement made during a NOONTIME appearance


"She's a wonderful person, and we are looking forward to a happy and wonderful night... uh, life together." - Senator Ted Kennedy about his then fiance Victoria Reggie


"An incomplete success." - President Jimmy Carter in 1980 describing the disastrous attempt to rescue American hostages in Iran


"President Bush will probably win the vote, somewhere between 45 and 47 votes against, and he'll think that's a victory." - Joe Biden on the vote to confirm UN Ambassador John Bolton on ABC's This Week


"Probably she does look good compared to the mummy he's been having sex with." - Clinton White House press secretary Mike McCurry making an "off the record" comment to reporters in reference to Clinton's line about a Inca mummy


"The more killing and homicides you have, the more havoc it prevents." - Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley


"We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton


"An innocent bureaucratic snafu." - President Clinton attempting to explain what 900 Republican FBI files were doing in the White House


"We've got a very strong candidate. I'm trying to think of his name." - Connecticut Senator Christopher Dodd at an appearance on behlf of a South Carolina senate candidate


Chuck, stand up, let the people see you - Joe Biden to State Senator Chuck Graham, a paraplegic.


"I think the president can claim executive privilege, but when it comes to an appointment to the Supreme Court, you can't be playing hide the salami, or whatever it is." - Howard Dean on Hardball


"The other thing we have to do is to take seriously the role in this problem of...older men who prey on underage women." - President Bill Clinton, talking about teen pregnancy in 1996


In Delaware, the largest growth of population is Indian Americans, moving from India. You cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking. - Joe Biden

"I am in hell already. I'm in Israel." - Al Sharpton during a visit to Israel.


"In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died." Barack Obama (Actual death toll: 12)