They said it

They said it in September “I am ashamed of the behaviour of certain members of Parliament. We need educated and disciplined students to come forward for the development of our country.” — Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee on the unruly behaviour of some members of Parliament”The task before the government and our leaders is to reform publicly-funded schools, not destroy private education that works.” — Kanti Bajpai, headmaster of The Doon School (The Economic Times, September 5)”Our educational system has been affected by 150 years of secular thought and has raised thousands of people who hold Ph Ds. Changing this system is not easy and we have to do it together.” — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran (Time, September 18) “I‚m deeply sorry for the reactions in some countries to a few passages of my address which were considered offensive to the sensibilities of Muslims.” — Pope Benedict XVI apologising to Muslims worldwide for his comments on Islam (September 17)”Extremists in your midst spread propaganda claiming that the West is engaged in a war against Islam. Thus propaganda is false and its purpose is to confuse you and justify acts of terror. We respect Islam.” — US President George Bush in his address to United Nations General Assembly (September 19)”The devil came here yesterday. He came here talking as if he were the owner of the world.” — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez at the United Nations General Assembly referring to US President George Bush (September 20)”School managements cannot fleece students in the name of teaching English. The government has to put an end to it. I will initiate action against erring officials. English cannot be promoted at the cost of Kannada.” — Basavaraj Horatti, primary and secondary education minister on his resolve to close down 1,416 English medium primary schools in Karnataka (September 20)”India should stop resting on IQ, and focus on IP (intellectual property). It has to stop selling human capital and start creating IP. To emerge as a knowledge economy, it has to accord software patents.” — Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy founder, Microsoft Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp