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The Week In Quotables: You Don't Own Space Edition

By Hillary Profita

January 19, 2007 / 10:08 AM EST / CBS News

A compendium of the week's finest quotations, from the nation's newspapers and beyond.

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"The news media will find the story line irresistible, and Democrats around the country are eagerly anticipating the competition."
--The Washington Post, regarding the impending possibility of Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton as Democratic frontrunners in 2008.

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"A retired math teacher who moved here from North Carolina said he had no basis for judging the credibility of White House officials, including Cheney -- although he admitted that he was 'not sure I would like to go bird hunting with him, either.'"
--The Washington Post, describing one potential juror for the Libby trial.

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"The Chinese are telling the Pentagon that they don't own space. We can play this game, too, and we can play it dirtier than you."
--Security expert Michael Krepon, on the Chinese government's reason for testing an anti-satellite missile.

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"I'm not going to change my principles. ... I'm not going to, you know, I'm not going to try to be popular and change principles to do so."
--President Bush, speaking to Scott Pelley on "60 Minutes" regarding the lack of public support for his plan.