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"What have I done that God should choose to chastise me with such a feeble instrument as the king of Sweden?"
- Catherine II 1788
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"I am going to teach [my daughters] about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."
- Barack Obama 2008
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"Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of."
- Justice Ginsburg 2009
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"Our approach [Obamacare] would preserve the right of Americans who have insurance to keep their doctor and their plan. It would reduce costs and premiums for millions of families and businesses. And according to the Congressional Budget Office . . . our approach would bring down the deficit by as much as $1 trillion over the next two decades."
- Barack Obama 2010