January 2, 2013 "I don’t know if playing chicken with the American people at this point is in the best interest of the people." by Rep. Lou Barletta, Pennsylvania -- --
December 28, 2012 "It looks like that [the fiscal cliff] is where we're headed." by Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid -- --
December 27, 2012 "I still don't see any reasons why I should not sign it." by Russian President Vladimir Putin on signing legislation banning U.S. adoptions of Russian children -- --
December 26, 2012 "Let's start building our country's rebirth with free will...men and women, Muslims and Christians." by Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Badie -- --
December 21, 2012 "You can't tie the will of the people to one date." by Venezuelan National Assembly president Diosdado Cabello, on the possibility that the inauguration of President Hugo Chavez may be delayed -- --
December 20, 2012 "I recognize here the suffering that colonialism inflicted on the Algerian people." by French President François Hollande -- --
December 19, 2012 "Systemic failures and leadership and management deficiencies at senior levels within two bureaus of the State Department resulted in a Special Mission security posture that was inadequate for Benghazi." by Accountability Review Board investigation on the September attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi -- --
December 18, 2012 "All futures for Britain are imaginable." by UK Prime Minister David Cameron on the possibility of an EU exit -- --
December 17, 2012 "We are highly concerned about which direction Japan will take." by China Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying -- --
December 14, 2012 "[The European People's Party] is keen that Italy doesn’t fall in the hands of the left like in France." by Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi -- --
December 13, 2012 "Again and again we have created expectations we cannot fulfil and that is very dangerous." by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble -- --
December 12, 2012 "Don't cheer so soon, you might not like what I am going to say next." by Russian President Vladimir Putin, announcing tighter controls on foreign assets of officials -- --
December 11, 2012 "Any person that requests asylum in Ecuador, obviously we are going to consider it, since it's a human being." by Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa on the possibility of granting Bashar al-Assad asylum -- --
December 10, 2012 "This parliament is illegitimate, this [electoral law] amendment is illegal." by Kuwaiti protesters -- --
December 7, 2012 "So, where's the party?" by Hugo Chavez upon return to Venezuela from cancer treatment in Cuba. -- --
December 6, 2012 "We agree that we disagreed on this." by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the issue of Israel's settlement plans. -- --
December 5, 2012 "I am flabbergasted and rather moved." by German Chancellor Angela Merkel on winning reelection as party leader of the Christian Democratic Union -- --
December 4, 2012 "We have other concerns at the moment." by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble on the future of the Euro Group leadership -- --
December 3, 2012 "It's not a presidential system and it's not a parliamentary system. It's something in between." by Amr Darrag, secretary-general of Egypt's Constituent Assembly -- --
November 30, 2012 "When we sit at the table, they can observe not barbarians, not savages, but fighters, intellectuals, politicians, the sensible men and women." by Senior FARC leader Andres Paris, regarding talks with the Colombian government -- --
