“Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices. Because of these sacrifices, the dawn of justice and freedom throughout the world slowly casts its gleam across the horizon.”
“The king is dead, long live the king.”
— TIME managing editor Otto Fuerbringer on JFK’s death
“In the end, no amount of capitulation by the Obama administration will end the attacks from the right.”
“The rap has been that we’re at partisan loggerheads, but we’ve had one of the most productive last six weeks in a very long time… We’re coming together, and it’s not just naming a post office. This is serious stuff.”
— Chuck Schumer, proud of having spent six weeks of the past 14 months actually doing work
(Source: The New York Times)
“If Microsoft executives wonder what kept the Windows brand extension from taking permanent hold, they should be told ever so gently that it’s a matter of the heart: the brand love just wasn’t there.”
“We all get upset at certain times with anybody that is — you know, especially a German.”
“The regime kills thousands of Syrian citizens, and Annan’s monitors are watching and writing the number of killed people as if they were game scores,” said Fadi, a 25-year-old demonstrator in the southern Damascus district of Qaddam.”
— NYT: “Dozens of Children Die in Brutal Attack on Syrian Town”
(Source: The New York Times)
