panda ponders

“Together we can defeat this. The communities defeat terrorism, not the police, … We remain … full of implacable resolve to track down the people responsible for this atrocity.”

~ Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair

“Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.”

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Michelle Malkin
Mudville Gazette (under the banner)

“I view him [W. Mark Felt] as a troubled man. I don’t think it’s heroic to act as a spy on your president when you’re in high office. I could fully understand if he resigned … or if he went to the prosecutor. That would be heroic”

~ Henry Kissinger

“There will be a before and after for May 20 in Cuba … This is a triumph for all the opposition.”

~ Martha Beatriz Roque (Assembly for the Promotion of Civil Society’s lead organizer and a former political prisoner)

“When Steve first got drafted in the NBA, I thought: ‘Well, this is great — hopefully he can have a nice career as a backup point guard,’ “

~ John Nash, Steve’s dad

(AP)

“We hope the pandas, with their tame nature, air of nobleness and cuddly looks will bring joy and laughter to the Taiwan compatriots, children in particular”

~ Chen Yunlin, the director of China’s Taiwan Work Office

Jia Jia, one of two pandas given to Edward Heath in China in 1974.
(PHOTO: ALAMY)

‘I was the librarian who spent 12 hours a day in library and yet somehow I met George.’“

~ Laura Bush