""Eh ben, alors casse-toi pauv' con !" (Well, then piss off poor arsehole!) President Nicolas Sarkozy to an anonymous man in a crowd who just said to him : "no, don't touch me, you're soiling me!" ("Touche-moi pas, tu m'salis !") as he was walking and shaking hands at the Salon de l'Agriculture."

""Soyez gentil de nous laisser parler, et de cesser d'intervenir incessamment, un peu comme le roquet." (Be nice to let us talk, and stop interfering incessantly, like the pug) said by Jacques Chirac to Laurent Fabius in 1986."

""Je vous ai compris". (I have understood you.) President Charles de Gaulle to a crowd in Algeria, before its independence."

""Et alors?" (So?) said by François Mitterrand – 1994"

""Mais vous avez tout à fait raison, M. le premier ministre." (But you are absolutely right, Mr Prime Minister.). François Mitterrand responding to presidential candidate Jacques Chirac, who said he would call him Mr Mitterrand, during the 1988 French Presidential debate."

""Vous n'avez pas, M. Mitterrand, le monopole du cœur." (You do not have, Mr Mitterrand, the monopoly of heart). Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to presidential candidate François Mitterrand, during the 1974 French Presidential debate."

""E' pa'lante que vamos!" (Could be translated to , we are going forward, we are going to progress) Leonel Fernandez."

""Que la carne esta muy cara?""Nadie ha dicho que hay que comer carne todos los dias! Coman berenjena!" (That meat is expensive? And who said you have to eat meat every single day! Eat eggplant!) Hipolito Mejia"

""No hay presos políticos, sino políticos presos." (There are no political prisoners, but jailed politicians.) Joaquín Balaguer in 1978."

""Se hizo pupú fuera del cajón." (He pooped out of the box.) Joaquín Balaguer, accusing Peña Gómez of paranoia, during the 1994 elections."

""Si me topan, la República cogerá fuego por las cuatro esquinas." (If they touch me, the Republic will burn by its four corners.) José Francisco Peña Gómez, during the 1994 elections, about an alleged assassination attempt."

""El problema del dengue se resuelve si cada dominicano mata diez mosquitos diarios." (Dengue issues can be solved if each Dominican kills ten mosquitoes per day.) José Rodríguez Soldevila, former Minister of Health."

""La Constitución es sólo un pedazo de papel." (The Constitution is just a piece of paper.) Joaquín Balaguer in 1994."

""Ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed er ytringsfrihed. Der er intet men." ("Freedom of speech is freedom of speech is freedom of speech. There is no 'but'.") Per Nyholm about the cartoons in the Jyllands-Posten."

""Jeg kan slå Anders Fogh" ("I can beat Anders Fogh"), Helle Thorning-Schmidt, when elected leader of the Danish Social Democrats in 2004."

""Der er ikke fejet noget ind under gulvtæppet" ("Nothing has been swept under the rug"), Poul Schlüter Danish Prime Minister in 1989."

""No más sangre, no más depredaciones en nombre de ningún partido político: paz, justicia y libertad" ("Not more blood, not more pillagings in the name of any political party: peace, justice and freedom") as said from former president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in 1953."

""Y si lo veo, le voy a dar en la cara, marica" ("And if I see you, I'll hit you on the face, you faggot") as president Álvaro Uribe Vélez said in an intercepted phone call."

""Trabajar, trabajar y trabajar" ("To work, to work and to work") as said by Álvaro Uribe Vélez in his presidential speeches."

""Dejen jugar al moreno" ("Allow the colored to play") as said by Carlos Moreno de Caro for the counselor campaign of Bogota."

""¡Mamola!" ("No way!") as said by Horacio Serpa."

""Si entró dinero del narcotráfico en mi campaña presidencial, en todo caso fue a mis espaldas". ("If there was money from the drug traffic in my presidential campaign, it was behind my back") as said former president Ernesto Samper Pizano."

""Aquí estoy y aquí me quedo" ("Here I am, and here I stay") as said former president Ernesto Samper Pizano."

""Colombianos, bienvenidos al futuro" ("Colombians, welcome to the future") as said by former president César Gaviria Trujillo."

""Las encuestas son como las morcillas: muy sabrosas hasta que uno sabe cómo las hacen". ("Statistics are like blood sausage: they are delicious until you find out how they're made") as said by former presidential candidate Álvaro Gómez Hurtado."

""Yo no estoy a favor ni en contra, sino todo lo contrario" ("I'm not in favor nor against, but quite the opposite") as said by former president Julio César Turbay Ayala."

""América Latina debe seguir el modelo de educación de Estados Unidos, que permite que los niños desde muy temprana edad manejen el idioma inglés." ("Latin America must follow the America's education model, that allows children to handle the English language from a very early age") as said by the former president Julio César Turbay Ayala."

""Tenemos que reducir la corrupción a sus justas proporciones" ("We must to reduce the corruption to its fair proportions") as said by former president Julio César Turbay Ayala."

""不管白猫黑猫，逮住老鼠就是好猫。" (No matter if it is a white cat or a black cat; as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat.) Said by Deng Xiaoping, in reference to economic liberalization."

""你们啊！You are all too young, too simple, sometimes naive! 係唔係啊？" (A mixture of Mandarin, English and Cantonese, in that order, meaning "You... You are all too young, too simple, sometimes naive! Isn't that right?") Said by Jiang Zemin, President 1993–2003, in response to a Hong Kong reporter."

""我这里准备了一百口棺材，九十九口留给贪官，一口留给自己！" (I've prepared 100 coffins. 99 for corrupt officials and one for myself.), said by Zhu Rongji, Premier 1998–2003."

""Where's your platform? Under the sweater?" Jack Layton to Stephen Harper, during the 2008 English-language debate, in reference to Harper's image in Conservative advertisements."

""I know I won't be Prime Minister. Three of you won't be Prime Minister. Some of you know it, but don't say it." Gilles Duceppe, during the 2008 English-language debate"

""Billion dollar boondoggle!" – said by Preston Manning"

""Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong... Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words." by John Diefenbaker."

""Gentlemen, we must all realize that neither side has any monopoly on sons of bitches." said by C.D. Howe while in Washington, D.C. to resolve a shipping dispute."

""For me, pepper, I put it on my plate." - Jean Chrétien, in response to a question by Nardwuar the Human Serviette regarding Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers pepper-spraying protesters at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit."

""I don't know... A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof, and when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." said by Jean Chrétien"

""Not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary." Said by William Lyon Mackenzie King in the House of Commons on 10 June 1942, it reflected the federal government's ambiguous response to conscription in World War Two, which eventually led to the Conscription Crisis of 1944."

""You had an option, sir." - said by Brian Mulroney to John Turner."

""Canada is a country whose main exports are hockey players and cold fronts. Our main imports are baseball players and acid rain." said by Pierre Trudeau."

""Maîtres chez nous." (Masters of our own house) - a phrase coined by Le Devoir editor André Laurendeau, associated with La Révolution Tranquille (Quiet Revolution)."

""Our hopes are high. Our faith in the people is great. Our courage is strong. And our dreams for this beautiful country will never die." said by Pierre Trudeau."

""I've been called worse things by better people." Pierre Trudeau,responding to remarks made about him by U.S. President Richard Nixon"

""Just watch me." said by Pierre Trudeau in reference to the War Measures Act."

""There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation." Pierre Trudeau, as justice minister, 1967."

""Fuddle duddle", said by Pierre Trudeau when attempting to explain away his use of profanity in the Canadian House of Commons."