“We should have every child speaking more than one language.
It’s embarrassing when Europeans come over here, they all speak
English, they speak French, they speak German. And then we go
over to Europe and all we can say is merci beaucoup, right?”

– Barack Obama at a town hall meeting in Georgia, July 9, 2008

“I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live.”

– John McCain in response to a question from reporters
about his Vietnamese tormentors aboard his campaign bus
during the 2000 presidential campaign, February 17, 2000

“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for
themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”

– Abraham Lincoln in a letter to Henry L. Pierce declining an
invitation to a birthday party honoring Thomas Jefferson
and describing his thoughts on freedom, April 6, 1859

“I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting
shot down is a qualification to be president.”

– General Wesley Clark on Face the Nation questioning
John McCain’s experience to be president, June 29, 2008

“Our enemies will test the new president early. Remember that the truck bombing of the World Trade Center happened in the first year of the Clinton administration. 9/11 happened in the first year of the Bush administration.”

– Senator Joe Lieberman on Face the Nation describing
why he thinks John McCain would be better prepared in
January 2009 to lead the nation, June 29, 2008

“I had other priorities in the ’60s than military service.”

– Dick Cheney to George Wilson of the Washington Post
on his five Vietnam draft deferments, April 5, 1989