| "We now have military satellites, advanced jets, new main battle tanks, sophisticated warships and subs."
Liang Guanglie, Minister of Defense, saying that some of China's weaponry has caught up with world-leading standards in an interview with Xinhua News Agency before a grand National Day military parade in Beijing on October 1
"It seems to be difficult at the moment, but we need to be patient. We are finding ways to move forward because this is in the interests of all parties concerned."
Liu Jianchao, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines, reiterating China's call for countries that have territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea to move on with the formula of joining hands in development while shelving disputes at a media forum in Manila on September 22
"There has been no such decision. It should be a political decision. It should be made by the president."
Nikolai Makarov, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, when asked whether Russia would scrap measures it had planned to counter a U.S. missile defense shield in Eastern Europe after U.S. President Barack Obama decided to shelve the plan on September 17
"It is very hard for local people to accept any foreigners who come to our country and say they are fighting for our freedom. To accept the idea that they are not invaders, that they are not occupiers, is very difficult."
General Azizudin Wardak, the police chief in Afghanistan's Paktia Province, questioning U.S. military officers' assessment that the war was getting worse and could be lost without more troops
"We cannot predict either how severe the [H1N1] pandemic will be, or where it will hit hardest. We all have to be prepared."
Gregory Hartl, spokesman for the World Health Organization. The world body warned in a recent report that H1N1 influenza could kill millions and cause anarchy in the world's poorest nations unless the UN can persuade rich countries to pay for vaccines and antiviral medicine
"Science leaves us no space for inaction now."
Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, warning at the UN conference on climate change that current energy-emissions projections are headed toward worst-case scenarios | 
