May 22, 2013 "I will take up this issue until the last moment with [Supreme Leader Khamenei]." by Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on challenging the ban against Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from running in Iran's election -- --
May 21, 2013 "The displacement of people, the violence directed towards [Muslims] needs to stop." by President Barack Obama on religious violence in Myanmar -- --
May 20, 2013 "Our military is conducting these exercises in order to cope with the mounting war measures from the U.S. and South Korea." by Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, quoted by the Korean Central News Service -- --
May 17, 2013 "It's not going to be something that the United States does by itself." by U.S. President Barack Obama on action in Syria -- --
May 16, 2013 "Their attitude is too deceitful for our government to accept." by Taiwan's Premier Jiang Yi-huah on the Philippines -- --
May 15, 2013 "I decided that talking about it would be superfluous, since it is already made public and everyone already understands everything." by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the arrest of Ryan Fogle -- --
May 14, 2013 "Sometimes, once sort of the furies have been unleashed in a situation like we’re seeing in Syria, it’s very hard to put things back together." by President Barack Obama -- --
May 13, 2013 "[W]e will not fall into the trap they're trying to push us into." by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on weekend car bombings in a Turkish border town -- --
May 10, 2013 "China cannot accept Japan's so-called negotiations or protests." by China's foreign ministry spokeswoman -- --
May 9, 2013 "We don't accept the system of infidels which is called democracy." by Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud -- --
May 8, 2013 "Today is further evidence that North Korea has failed again." by President Barack Obama -- --
May 7, 2013 "One isolated incident will not affect the excellent relationship between our countries." by Ecuadorean foreign minister Ricardo Patino on Peru -- --
May 6, 2013 "[T]he most important thing is that we have to show the world we are a mature democracy." by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on violent street demonstrations after his party's election win -- --
May 3, 2013 "You look at and rethink all options." by U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on arming Syrian rebels. -- --
May 2, 2013 "Thuggery will not prevail in this city as long as I am mayor." by Athens Mayor Giorgos Kaminis on the far-right Golden Dawn party -- --
May 1, 2013 "If you don't recognize Maduro, you're not going to speak in the assembly." by Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan National Assembly president -- --
April 30, 2013 "Not a big amount. A small amount, which has been used for various purposes." by Afghan President Hamid Karzai on the CIA's cash payments to Kabul -- --
April 29, 2013 "We called it ‘ghost money.’" by Khalil Roman, Hamid Karzai’s former deputy chief of staff, on CIA payoffs to the Afghan government -- --
April 26, 2013 "I am on my knees and asking for a pardon for Serbia for the crime that was committed in Srebrenica." by Serbian president Tomislav Nikolic -- --
April 25, 2013 "Europe’s policy of austerity is no longer sufficient." by Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta -- --
