They said it”The Mittal-Arcelor deal has nothing to do with India even though the main shareholder in Mittal Steel is Indian. He could be of any other citizenship. That is the way we see the problem” — Jacques Chirac, President of France about the proposed merger of Mittal Steel with French steel giant Arcelor (February 17)”The spirit to serve in the heart and a smile on the face, better service and fair prices, that will be the identity of Indian Railways.” — Union railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, presenting his third railway budget to Parliament (February 23)”The law cannot be a mute spectator, limping to catch up with socio-political transformations. Today, criminals are in power from the taluka to the national levels.” — V.N. Khare, former chief justice of India, in The Indian Express (February 23)”In Denmark, the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press is not up for negotiation. In Denmark, it is the courts who decide this kind of thing and not the government.” — Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen in response to a proposal to shut down the newspaper which printed cartoons denigrating Prophet Mohammed”India has done a magnificent job of showing the world how democracy can work. I‚m confident it will play a constructive role and can do so in a much better way than the US can.” — US President George Bush in an interview with The Times of India (February 24)”The United States administration sees itself as being outside the rule of law and some people as being beneath the rule of law. This is dangerous for people detained in Guantanamo and other detainees and for the edifice of international law.” — Irene Khan, the first woman and Muslim to head Amnesty International in The Hindu (February 27)”We have to be clear on whether we want educated children or we want to keep government schools in business. The single key idea that needs to be brought to bear on education policy is loyalty to students and not to educationists.” — Ajay Shah in Business Standard (February 28)
