"All of these political, social and economic achievements [of China] should be a role model for many developing countries that are still aspiring to achieve such development."

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, praising China's development in an interview with Xinhua News Agency before the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China

"There are, I think, real concerns... that this action won't do anything to create a single American job."

John Murphy, Vice President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, criticizing President Barack Obama's decision to impose added duties on China-made tires

"There are countries that have no fiscal space for stimulus. Low-income countries need to be talked about and have the developed countries help them."

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Managing Director of the World Bank, discussing the impact of the current global economic crisis at a BBC World Service debate

"I never thought things would be the same again. But man, I was wrong. We came back strong."

Wilson Ortega, manager of a parking garage in New York City's Tribeca neighborhood, saying that life has returned to normal in the area near Ground Zero eight years after the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001

"A while ago I did not even intend to stand for president but fate decreed otherwise, and this is why I do not make plans too early and do not exclude anything."

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, indicating that he might stand for a second Kremlin term in the 2012 presidential election at a September 15 meeting with the Valdai Discussion Club

"Here I am free, but my country is still captive. I am not a hero, but I am a man of opinion and attitude, who was shocked by the killing of Iraqis."

Iraqi reporter Muntazer al-Zaidi, who threw his shoes at former U.S. President George W. Bush, after he was released from prison on September 15