"We are confident that we will accomplish the mission in Haiti. We are ready."

Wang Yurong, head of the second Chinese medical team to Haiti that arrived in the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean country on January 26

"You have got to decide do you want to obey the laws of the countries you are in or not. If not, you may not end up doing business there."

Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates, on Google's threat to pull out of China in an interview with ABC television on January 25

"It's very difficult to talk about the liberation of women through a law that constrains."

Mohammed Moussaoui, head of a French coalition of Muslim organizations, on the parliamentary panel recommendation that France ban face-covering veils in public locations

"The proof of their commitment, their credentials will be demonstrated if the $10 billion flows as promised. If it doesn't, we would believe that developed countries aren't serious about climate change."

Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, calling on wealthy nations to honor their climate change aid commitments to poor nations after a meeting in New Delhi where Brazil, China, India and South Africa promised an action plan to battle global warming

"While the UK officially exited recession in the fourth quarter of 2009, it could only crawl out."

Howard Archer, chief UK economist for IHS Global Insight, on the news that the UK has emerged from the longest recession in its history

"The Taliban, we recognize, are part of the political fabric of Afghanistan at this point."

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on U.S. support for Afghanistan's ongoing efforts to reach out to the Taliban

"Everything in negotiations is going fine, 95 percent of the new deal's issues have been agreed upon."

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, on the progress of a landmark Russia-U.S. nuclear arms reduction treaty