Quotations of the day

We might as well call the weather bureau to find out if lightening will strike. (Grand National Party spokesman Kwon Chul-Hyeon on Monday, commenting on a statement by National Assembly Speaker Lee Man-Sup that he would be struck dead by a lightening if he had conspired with the Democratic Party to scuttle the bill for impeaching the prosecutor general.)

When one stands on the "left" he is apt to see the center as "right." (A senior member of the foreign service on Monday as regards a criticism by former Unification Minister Han Wan-Sang who called on diplomats to discard "Cold War mentality.")

The government is raising a battle cry to clamp down on corruption and irregularities, but most citizens are hardly enthused or expectant because they know that such a campaign is sure to get nowhere. (A donga.com netizen on Monday predicting that the campaign will only result in victimizing petty officials without any influence.)

None but organized hoodlums would consider violence as legitimate power or strength. (A donga.com netizen on Monday denouncing the National Assemblymen involved in a melee on the floor in the course their partisan strife.)