“Babies get killed in wars.”

“Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old from Olympia, Washington, was crushed to death by the Isreali bulldozer she was trying to stop from demolishing Palistinian homes in the Gaza Strip.”

“And I’m saddened, saddened that this president failed so miserably at diplomacy that we’re now forced to war.”

— Senator Tom Daschle

“Democracy’s a beautiful thing; I respectfully disagree.”

— President George W. Bush

“When did we decide to risk undermining international order by adopting a radical and doctrinary approach to using our awesome military might? How can we abandon diplomatic efforts when the turmoil in the world cries out for diplomacy?”

— Senator Robert Byrd

“But of course this certainly raises anxieties here.”

— Mark Phillips, CBS News, Reporting from Kuwait City

“This is shock and awe, Tom, for the population of Baghdad; shock and awe, indeed.”

— Peter Arnett, NBC Nightly News