Quotations of the day

A child born out of wedlock cannot be recognized as a rightful member of the family simply because it is entered on the family register. (Grand National Party (GNP) floor leader Chung Chang-Wha on Friday, telling his party caucus that even after the United Liberal Democrats (ULD) registered itself as a parliamentary negotiating bloc with the addition of three National Assemblymen loaned by the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), it cannot be accepted as a proper negotiating body)

A criminal offense involving the diversion of money from the state coffers. (MDP deputy spokesman Kim Hyun-Mi on Friday, giving the definition of the campaign financing scandal involving the state intelligence agency that was adopted in a consultative meeting with the ULD. She said the clarification means to keep the scandal from getting out of focus)

They can make their demands but unqualified teachers ought to be dismissed. (A netizen visiting the Federation of Teachers Labor Unions Web site on Friday, commenting on the latest remarks of Education Minister Lee Don-Hee. Some teachers associations are demanding better treatment and an increased budget for education, while many other teachers are devoted, unobtrusively and earnestly, to giving children the best education they can offer, the netizen said)

It is about time that we took a look at what we have gone through over the past decades and visualized the days to come. (A declaration made by 1,000 intellectuals of Syria on Thursday, calling for wide- ranging dialogue between the people and political and social leaders)