Politik

""Iarna nu-i ca vara" (Winter's not like summer.) Traian Băsescu's reply, as Minister of Transport, when asked about what measures he took after countless streets and villages were blocked by the heavy snow."

"Veni, vidi, vici ("I came; I saw; I conquered") attributed to Julius Caesar"

""Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam" ("Furthermore, I think Carthage must be destroyed"), Cato the Elder about one of Romes rivals"

"Alea iacta est ("The die is cast"), attributed by Suetonius to Julius Caesar on January 10, 49 BC as he led his army across the River Rubicon in northern Italy"

""Eu nunca me engano e raramente tenho dúvidas." (I'm never wrong and rarely I have doubts.) - Aníbal Cavaco Silva, current President of Portugal, but said when he was Prime Minister."

""Em tempos de crise, deveria haver um período de 6 meses de Ditadura para endireitar as coisas, depois voltava-se à Democracia..." (In times of crisis, we should have a period of 6 months of dictatorship to straighten things up, then return to democracy...) - Manuela Ferreira Leite, general secretary of PSD, about the current economic crisis."

""Jamais, jamais!" (Never, never) – Mário Lino, Portuguese Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication, referring to Lisbon's new international airport never being built south of the Tagus River."

""É só fazer as contas!" (It's simply math) – António Guterres, ex-prime-minister to the journalists, after being unable to calculate 6% of the Portuguese GDP"

""Porreiro Pá" (Cool dude) – José Sócrates, prime-minister, to the European Commission's president José Manuel Barroso at the end of the December, 2007 EU summit that led to the Treaty of Lisbon"

""Obviamente, demito-o!" (Obviously, I'll sack him!) – answer of the presidential candidate Humberto Delgado, when asked what he would do with dictator Salazar if he was elected."

""Nie pierwszy raz staje mi... przychodzi mi stawać przed Izbą" (this mistake came from the wrong use of the passive voice, which accidentally resulted in the politician using a slang term. A close approximation of this mistake would be: "It's not the first time when I get a hard on... I get a hard time in front of Parliament.") by Polish member of parliament Józef Zych. He was awarded with that year's "Silver Mouth" award as a result of this gaffe."

""Żeby nie było niczego" (So that there wouldn't be anything) Polish candidate for mayor of Białystok Krzysztof Kononowicz."

""Spieprzaj dziadu!" ("Piss off, old man!") Polish President Lech Kaczyński – said to a man on the street during the 2002 Warsaw mayoral campaign."

""I lied!" - Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Philippine senator, after Joseph Estrada was kicked from the presidency in 2001. Santiago recanted her promise of jumping headfirst from a helicopter in the event that Estrada is removed from power."

""I will jump headfirst from a helicopter in Luneta if Estrada gets removed from power." - Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Philippine senator, on the impending ouster against Joseph Estrada in 2001."

""She stole the presidency, not once, but twice!" - Susan Roces, widow of defeated 2004 presidential candidate Fernando Poe, Jr.. Roces claimed that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo had stolen the presidency twice: during the ousting of Joseph Estrada in 2001, and during the 2004 elections, where Arroyo had allegedly cheated Poe of the presidency."

""Binabalaan ko sila: walang kaibigan, walang kumpare, walang kamag-anak o anak na maaaring magsamantala sa ngayon. At ngayon pa lamang sinasabi ko sa inyo, nag-aaksaya lamang kayo ng panahon. Huwag ninyo akong subukan." (I am warning them: no friends, no best friends, no family members or children may take advantage now. And now, I am telling you, you are just wasting your time. Don't dare me.) - Joseph Ejercito-Estrada, former Philippine president in his 1998 inaugural address."

""I... am... sorry." - Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Philippine president, apologizes after a wiretapping controversy wherein she was allegedly found to have cheated in the 2004 presidential elections."

""Sa ikauunlad ng bayan, disiplina ang kailangan." (For the progress of the nation, what is needed is discipline.) - Ferdinand Marcos, former Philippine president."

""The Filipino is worth dying for." - Benigno Aquino, Jr., former Philippine senator and opposition leader against dictator Ferdinand Marcos."

""We'll eat grass, but we'll make a nuclear bomb". -Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, in reference to Pakistan's nuclear programme"

""Democracy is the best revenge" – Benazir Bhutto/Pakistan Peoples Party, former prime minister of Pakistan."

""Qarz utaro, Mulk sanwaro" (Pay the debt, Develop the country) – Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan & President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)."

""Parha Likha Punjab" (Educated/Literate Punjab) – Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, former Chief Minister of Punjab & co-president of Pakistan Muslim League (Q)."

""Sab se pehle Pakistan" (Pakistan First) – Pervez Musharraf, former Army Chief and President of Pakistan."

""Enlightened Moderation" – Pervez Musharraf, former Army Chief and President of Pakistan."

""Roti, Kapra aur Makaan" (Bread, cloth & shelter) – Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto/Pakistan Peoples Party, former prime minister and president of Pakistan in the 70's."

""I think most New Zealanders...", often used by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in interview situations."

""Gone by lunchtime", attributed to opposition leader Don Brash referring to New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy if he gained government."

""Bugger the pollsters", Prime Minister Jim Bolger after the 1993 general election preliminary count showed a hung parliament, despite opinion polls suggesting a comfortable win to his National Party."

""And I'm going to give it to you if you hold your breath just for a moment … I can smell the uranium on it as you lean forward", New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange, in reply to a negating debater arguing that "Nuclear Weapons Are Morally Indefensible" on 1 March 1985."

""It doesn't give my opponents much time to run up to an election, does it?" Prime Minister Robert Muldoon on 14 June 1984 when announcing a snap election for 14 July, in reply to a reporter commenting the date didn't give him much time to run an election campaign."

""[I am forced reluctantly to say that I had to listen to] an orchestrated litany of lies.", Justice Peter Mahon, accusing Air New Zealand of a cover-up after the crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901"

""Willen we naar de Dam? Dan gáán we naar de Dam!" (Do we want to [march to] Dam Square? Then we will!) - trade union leader Herman Bode during a trade union manifestation on 4 March 1980."

""Gaat u maar rustig slapen." (Just go to sleep peacefully) - According to popular belief, prime minister Hendrikus Colijn said these words in a radio speech on the eve on the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. In reality, Colijn was not prime minister anymore by then. The phrase refers to a radio speech by Colijn in March 1936 in which he reacted on the remilitarization of the Rhineland. In this speech Colijn said: Ik verzoek den luisteraars dan ook om, wanneer zij straks hunne legersteden opzoeken, even rustig te gaan slapen als zij ook andere nachten doen. Er is voorshands geen enkele reden om ongerust te zijn. (That is why I would like to ask the listeners to sleep as tranquilly as they do on other nights, when they turn into their beds shortly. For the moment there is no reason whatsoever to be alarmed)"

""Laten wij blij zijn! (...) Die VOC-mentaliteit om over grenzen heen te kijken is weer terug! Dynamiek! Toch?" (Let us be happy! (...) The spirit of the East India Company to look across borders is back! Dynamics! Right?) - Jan Peter Balkenende, prime minister of the Netherlands, during the 2007 budget debate in Parliament."

""Het zijn wel ónze kut-Marokkanen." (But they are our fucking Moroccans) Job Cohen, mayor of Amsterdam, rephrasing Rob Oudkerk, an alderman in that city"

""Fascisme is een sfeer die hangt in een zaal vol linkse mensen." (Facism is the atmosphere in a room full of left wing people ) Godfried Bomans"

""In geouwehoer kun je niet wonen."(You can't live in bullshit.) – Jan Schaefer, a socialist politician venting his opinion on Amsterdam's housing policies in the seventies."

""Fatsoen moet je doen" (Decency is imperative) – Jan-Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister, Christian-Democratic party."

""Congressen kopen geen straaljagers" (Party conferences don't purchase fighter jets) – Henk Vredeling, Defense minister Labour Party PvdA."

""At your service" – Pim Fortuyn, populist politician a few months before his assassination."

""If we publicly declare that Cuba is a threat to our security, 40 million Mexicans will die laughing." -Mexican ambassador to the United States, in response to the Kennedy administration's 1961 call to collective action against Cuba."

""Haiga sido como haiga sido" Felipe Calderón"

""Comes y te vas" (You eat and then you leave) — Very popular phrase by journalist Mario Marín referring to the incident in which President Vicente Fox called Fidel Castro asking him to quietly leave after lunch in the 2002 UNO summit at Monterrey. The telephone recording was later made public by Fidel Castro ridiculing President Fox, much to the delight of many Mexican people."

""Lo que el presidente quiso decir..." (What the president meant...) — Phrase constantly used by President Fox's spokesman Rubén Aguilar, trying to amend the president's common unfortunate statements."

""...Y a otra cosa, mariposa" — A popular rhyme literally meaning "to another thing, butterfly", roughly equivalent to "moving right along"; used by Vicente Fox to change subjects when confronted by a delicate matter."

""¿Y yo por qué?" (Why me?) — Response by Vicente Fox when confronted by CNI Canal 40 television workers to take action on their TV channel assault by TV Azteca."

""Wawasan 2020" (Vision 2020) Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's popular repeating catchphrase."

""Dasar Pandang ke Timur" (Look East Policy) Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's popular repeating catchphrase."