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NEWSNOTES: QUOTE
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
A.B. Vajpayee
"I am not an intellectual.
Yes I used to write poetry, but gradually politics began to make excessive
demands on my time."
Prime minister, to a group of Russian intellectuals in St
Petersburg
OTHER VOICES
"If India wants to return
to 18th century liberalisation, then that is its choice. The British-controlled
economy was liberalised."
Noam Chomsky, left-wing thinker, on a visit to India
"The UN is an instrument
of terror. The Arab leaders working with it are non-believers."
Osama bin Laden, Al Qaida chief
"If I was prime minister,
September 11 would never have taken place."
Benazir Bhutto, former Pakistani prime minister
"After the WTC bombing,
I've realised that Yamraj likes to travel to other places as well."
Farooq Abdullah, Jammu and Kashmir chief minister
"Now I will have to push
files. How I wish I could fly all the time."
S. Krishnaswamy, air chief marshal designate
 "But
for the special rules of evidence under TADA, as also under POTO, not
a single conviction would have been possible in the Rajiv murder case."
Arun Jaitley, Union Law Minister
"We are totally opposed to
POTO. It is a draconian ordinance. Aren't the laws we have sufficient?"
Sonia Gandhi, President, Congress
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