Please use a condom.

South African archbishop DESMOND TUTU, appearing in a television commercial timed to coincide with World AIDS Day. Mr. Tutu reiterated the Anglican church's teaching that "sex should take place only within marriage," but said those who disagree with the church have an obligation to comply with this teaching: "[T]ake the right precautions and practice safer sex."

We know that progress will come if we focus more energy and resources on this issue.

HILLARY CLINTON in a Bolivia speech. Mrs. Clinton's "this issue" refers to U.S. taxpayers' money given to the International Planned Parenthood Foundation under the guise of family planning.

For sheer whimsy, it's hard to beat the folks at Planned Parenthood (PPFA). Who would have thought to characterize a drug combination causing the starvation death and expulsion of a maturing human embryo as the 'M & M' procedure?

From Life Insight, a publication of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' secretariat for pro-life activities.

He mentioned God many times in his campaign, and people are hopeful because of that. Generally Romanians are Christians, and generally their leaders have not been Christian.

Orthodox priest ION CIUNGU, commenting on the election victory of non-communist president Emil Constantinescu. In his inauguration speech, Mr. Constantinescu pledged to speed up privatization of state enterprises and to lower taxes.

[Kenneth Starr] is a partisan political hack Republican.

White House consultant and partisan political hack Democrat JAMES CARVILLE, announcing his intention to form a tax-exempt organization dedicated to destroying the credibility of the Whitewater special prosecutor.

Democrats have to be careful of not living a double standard.... If James Carville really wants to help the president, he will not go through with this. Democrats need to urge Starr to complete his investigation. It is not fair game to investigate Starr himself.

Former Democratic National Committee executive director BRIAN A. LUNDE, a political consultant. Mr. Lunde told The Washington Times, "Imagine if a Republican consultant had attacked the integrity of Archibald Cox or Leon Jaworski in Watergate: There would have been a national uproar."

What's real? We don't know what these people were like. My characters are realer than they are.

Playwright ARTHUR MILLER, quoted in The New York Times, explaining why he didn't bother to stick to historical facts when writing The Crucible, a play and recent movie about the Salem witch trials.