Quotes

"My fine friends who are perfectionists, each in their own world where they are petty dictators, could write a perfect bill. Those of us who have grown up and matured…understand that we have to work together on the big issues."

--Resigned revolutionary Newt Gingrich, on the $530 billion budget resolution that passed the House by a 333-to-95 vote

"It's without restraint, without shame….[It] finds the soul of the child in the adult. This is not pejorative."

--Former French Minister of Culture Jack Lang, on American culture, in the October 25 Washington Post

"'Don't ask, don't tell.' In a single policy Clinton summed up his entire legacy. He made it the law that lying should be a condition of public service. He imposed his own moral vacuity onto the lives of honorable gay and lesbian soldiers."

--Andrew Sullivan, in the October 27 Advocate

"Hillary is a tremendous patriot….She's handled the situation with dignity, and with the concept of the greatest good for the country. And I admire that. I think she really is the lady of First Lady."

--Actress Sharon Stone, in the November Elle