‘We have lent a huge amount of money to the United States. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I am definitely a little worried.’Chinese premier Wen Jiabao
"I no longer believe the label of instutional racism to be either appropriate or useful to the Metropolitan Police."Scotland Yard Commisioner Sir Paul Stephenson
"It is a good time for those who voted for the ban against gay marriage to reflect and anticipate their great shame and the shame in their grandchildren’s eyes. We’ve got to have equal rights for everyone."Sean Penn accepts the best actor award at the Oscars for his role in Milk, a film about the fight for gay liberation in the US
‘Although we are a trade union, we are employed by the company. If they give out an instruction, it would be a brave person to defy that.’Bernard Moss, Unite union convenor at Cowley explains why he didn’t tell union members what was going on
"It wasn’t until we signed our last bits of paper that we thought, why did we go quietly? Why did 30,000 of us go quietly?"Jayne Maltman, a former Woolworths shop worker interviewed in the Guardian
"British jobs for British workers."Gordon Brown borrows an old National Front slogan for his 2007 Labour conference speech
"I will wear a black armband as a sign of mourning and protest. I want people to know that I do not agree with what is happening in Gaza and throughout Palestine."Rangers FC football player Madjid Bougherra. The Scottish Football Association banned him from wearing the armband
"If we want to remain alive, we will have to kill and kill and kill. All day, every day."Arnon Soffer, head of research at the Israeli Defence Force’s National Defence College
