Quote(s) for the month.

For all the events of the month, and quotes uttered thereof, these three stand out:

1) "I call on you not to hate because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking."
- Saddam Hussein, deposed Iraqi strongman, in a letter to Iraqis before he was hanged urging them not to hate, an advise he failed to heed himself.

2) "I promise you I'll be the best Miss USA ever."
- Miss USA, Tara Conner, being paraphrased promising to be better than she had been as Miss USA, after "wilding" in New York City.

3) "You may go back to '03 ... [n]one of the federal delegation endorsed me in '03 and we won fairly well in that primary."
- Gov. Fletcher, predicting his primary election win without Republican Party leadership support.