"You live in fear, and that's not right."
—Charlene Benton, president of Ezra Prentice Homes in Albany, on oil trains that pass the public housing complex.
"Religious liberty is a core American and Arizona value. So is non-discrimination."
—Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, on her veto of a bill that would have allowed businesses to discriminate against gays and other people on religious grounds.
"We've changed the chemical composition of the atmosphere. That's not a belief system. We know that beyond a shadow of a doubt."
—Ben Santer, author of a report on man-made global warming by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and its British counterpart, the Royal Society.
"The state is spending a great deal of money to conduct this fishing expedition."
—Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, on the Moreland Commission on public corruption and legislative opposition to its requests.