Quote(s) for the week.

1) ""I don't care if I win the governor's race or don't win the governor's race ... This is my last office I'm ever going to run for."
- Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Steve Henry, announcing his "last run for office", taking Gov. Fletcher to task for not revealing the names of donors to the governor's legal defense fund until next year, while hypocritically refusing to release expenditures from his federal "testing the water fund".

2) "The situation is characterized by gross and systematic violations of human rights and grave breaches of international humanitarian law."
- a U.N. report that accuses Sudan's government of human rights violations and calls for urgent international action to protect civilians in Darfur.

3) "When members speak not of victory but of time limits, deadlines and other arbitrary measures, they are telling the enemy simply to watch the clock and wait us out."
- Vice President Dick Cheney, urging lawmakers to approve Bush's military financing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

4) "I believe homosexual acts between two individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts."
- Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, explaining why gays should not serve openly in the armed forces.

5) "I didn't become attorney general by quitting."
- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, resisting calls for his resignation over the firings of eight U.S. Attorneys.

6) "Past administrations have removed U.S. attorneys. It's their right to do so."
- President Bush, on the "entirely appropriate" firings of eight U. S. Attorneys who serve "at [his] pleasure."

7) "As a businessman, I’m independent of this state’s political establishment and won’t be beholden to any interests."
- Billy Harper, responding to John David Dyche's subtle call to give up his run for Governor and support Anne Northup.