I just hope Senator Dole doesn't name Joe Camel [as] his running mate.

DON FOWLER, co-chairman of the Democratic National Committee, poking fun at Sen. Dole's unwavering support of the tobacco industry.

It is a Democrat's destiny to traffic in compassion, but this transaction is particularly cynical. Why? Because raising the minimum wage will redistribute income not from rich to poor but among the very poorest workers.

Washington Post columnist CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER.

I adore wolves because they are animals who are poorly loved, who are rejected by society.

Actress BRIGITTE BARDOT, who was not asked to comment about the much-abused mosquito.

These are the people they make Pocahontas movies about.

Law clerk RICHARD ROUSE on the discovery of two volumes of misfiled Massachusetts judicial records from 1673 through 1695, detailing some of the Puritan allegations of witchcraft.

I think that it's fair to say that the vast majority, the overwhelming majority, of people in our party are pro-choice....But...we have a big tent. We believe that people who don't share that view can be just as bona fide a Democrat as those who do.

Senate minority leader TOM DASCHLE (D-S.D.) on CNN's Evans and Novak program, endorsing platform language that recognizes pro-life Democrats.

Hillary gave us great publicity. People say, 'Is Hillary weird or has she got something that really helps her?'

MIKE CURRY, manager of the Psychic Fair in Austin, Texas.

That may distress some people, but... I am the nominee.

Republican nominee BOB DOLE on NBC's Today asserting his right to choose a pro-abortion running mate. "[I]t would be a terribly dull party if we all had the same position on everything," Mr. Dole told talk show hosts Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford after Mr. Philbin suggested New Jersey's pro-abortion Gov. Christine Todd Whitman as a running mate.

He has consistently stood by the ideals and principles [of the Democratic Party].

ROBERT ENGEL, executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, on why national Democrats have decided to support Independent Rep. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a self-described socialist, over Democratic challenger Jack Long.