“In the newsreels of the day, I was thrilled to see the movies of the marching Germans.”

Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler, reflecting on his childhood in a 1991 interview. He was found dead in his home on Wednesday.

“I guess if we’re going to have to use a 2-by-4 on them, that’s what we’ll have to do.”

Public Disclosure Commission member Earl Tilly on the Voters Education Committee, which refused to divulge the financial backers of its ad targeting attorney general candidate Deborah Senn.

“I think it’s outrageous. I think the whole campaign was deceptive and this is the height of it.”

STA sales- tax opponent Joel Crosby, on a proposal to tap some of the revenues for a rapid transit system.

“The reason we were quiet during the election is we didn’t want to confuse the election. It was about STA, not light rail.”

K.C. Traver, Spokane Regional Light Rail project manager.

“It’s sixth grade. It’ll probably be cool, but the first day will probably be creepy.”

Twelve-year-old Dylan Kane of North Idaho, pondering the transition to middle school.

“For the government this is not a moral issue. It is a legal issue. What fails strict scrutiny here is a government-approved civil contract for one class of the community not given to another class.”

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Richard Hicks, ruling that the state’s 1998 Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.

“We must never forget the price they have paid. And we must meet our sacred obligation to all our troops to do all we can to make the right decisions in Iraq so that we can bring them home as soon as possible.”

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, marking the 1,000th U.S. fatality in the Iraq war.

“It’s absolutely essential that eight weeks from today, on Nov. 2, we make the right choice, because if we make the wrong choice then the danger is that we’ll get hit again and we’ll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United States.”

Vice President Dick Cheney, campaigning in Iowa on Tuesday.

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