"Many of the loans were taken from nationalized commercial banks (NCBs) because of influence and patronage and very few were having the cover of adequate (or even any) collateral. Some were never meant to be repaid in the first place. This non-repayment culture became a part and parcel of the Pakistani commercial and industrial society, the main sufferers being NCBs."

"Candor is not a word often used to describe the public statements of the People's Republic of China. This is no more true than in the propaganda with which they attempt to justify their policies and actions against their minority ethnic groups; the Tibetans and the Uygur..."

"Does Bush treat anyone well -- other than the corporate elites? Is Bush ever publicly honest?"

"While he was checking our documents, I noticed my 11 year son shaking. I looked at him and noticed that the barrel of the soldier's machine gun was almost touching his forehead. I asked the soldier to please point the gun away from my son. He laughed and told me that 'he is Palestinian' and 'should get used to it'..."

"This is, rather an ironic scenario because on the one hand, India seeks ‘adore for serenity’ in South Asia and on the other, it is all-out to obliterate such a course and that too without any raison d'être. Such a hideous approach, prima facie seems yet another ploy to hoodwink the global aspire for tranquillity — from big powers to the diminutive [in size] realms."

"Thankfully, A. Jay Cristol’s book is having the opposite effect from the one its author intended. Instead of laying the USS Liberty controversy to rest, it has revived it from the ashes of lies, half-truths and deceptions, where it has been buried for nearly forty years (See, the compelling “Declaration of Ward Boston, Jr.,” Capt. JAGC, USN, Ret. at: http://www.ussliberty.org/)."

"One major problem related to the lack of humanity in modern technological societies is selfishness. Many people, including Muslims, don’t seem to have time to help others, or they use various restrictions as excuses to keep them in their own worlds rather than being out helping others – they want to ignore the other people around them."

"The founders of the Zionist project knew instinctively that it would be impractical – indeed suicidal – to try to acquire territory for a Jewish state within Europe. In fact, quickly, they decided that they would harness the support of European powers to create the territorial basis of their state outside of Europe. At first, Britain was chosen to sponsor the Zionist project."