“You are the first prime minister in history to flunk an election because you thought you were going to win it.” British Conservative leader David Cameron, on Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s refusal to hold an election after polls predicted him winning, but not by an overwhelming margin
“Can you imagine what life on Earth would be like without these magnificent creatures?” Australia’s Environment minister, Malcolm Turnbull, in a government-produced anti-whaling video that targets Japanese children who eat whale meat at school
“Techniques that took years to develop are now ineffective and worthless.” Rita Katz, head of private spy firm Site, complaining that the Bush administration hampered her firm’s operations by leaking a secret Osama bin Laden video only minutes after her people had given it to them
