1."Meine Damen und Herren, liebe Neger!"
- Heinrich Luebke, at that time president of West Germany

2. "We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
- former Vice President Dan Quayle forcing the limits of logic and geography  but solving the problems of diplomatic relations between Europe and the USA.

3. "I only have enough food with me for two days."
- President Yeltsin giving strong and diplomatic reasons for not extending his visit in China to President Jiang Zemin.

4."These are your guardian angels."
- Aleksandar Dimitrov of the Foreign Ministry of Macedonia, introducing his guest to the hostesses who accompanied the delegations of Foreign Ministers of the countries of the region negotiating the Stability Pact.

5.A comic posing as a reporter made up a story that Canadian Prime Minister "Jean Poutine" had endorsed him to meet Mr. Bush. "I appreciate his strong statement, he understands I believe in free trade," Bush replied. "He understands I want to make sure our relations with our most important neighbor to the north of us, the Canadians, is strong and we'll work closely together," he continued. (The Canadian Prime Minister is Jean Chretien, Poutine is a fast food snack. Mr. Bush had met with Mr. Chretien in person a number of times. President Bush also said “Over 50 percent of our energy comes from overseas. Fortunately, a lot of it comes from Canada.”

6. "Romania’s political arena is disgusting."
– Emil Constantinescu, at that time president of Romania and therefore the best of the "disgusting" Romanian politicians.

7. "I have lied in good faith."
- Bernard Tapie, French politician

8. The current German Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder, committed one of the most embarrassing gaffes that a German leader could make. The hapless Schröder had been taken by Israeli Premier Ehud Barak to pay his respects at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum, where, turning a handle in an attempt to boost the eternal flame that honours the six million dead of the Holocaust, he accidentally extinguished it.

9. "Every time we do something, you [Shimon Peres] tell me America will do this and will do that... I want to tell you something very clear: Don’t worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it."
- PM Ariel Sharon (just in case you were wondering about where those conspiracy theories come from!)

10. "If the Swedes in Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö want to create a Scandinavian Beirut with clan wars, lynchings and mass murders, then they can do so. We can close the Öresund Bridge whenever we want." Also author of "the accumulation of Muslims leads to mass rapes," and "There’s only one civilisation, and that’s ours."
- Pia Kjaersgaard, chairperson of the People’s Party Denmark