"If you touch my junk, I'll have you arrested."

"If you touch my junk, I'll have you arrested."
—John Tyner, a software engineer, during a videotaped argument with a TSA agent over the necessity of a physical pat-down at the San Diego airport; the footage, which went viral, sparked a debate over new screening methods (AP)

"I can't spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead."

"I can't spend all my time with my birth certificate plastered on my forehead."
—Barack Obama, addressing rumors that he was not born in the U.S. An August TIME poll showed that, despite evidence to the contrary, nearly one-quarter of Americans believe the President is a Muslim (NBC)

The greatest persecution of the church doesn't come from enemies

"The greatest persecution of the church doesn't come from enemies on the outside but is born from the sin within the church."
—Pope Benedict XVI, offering one of the Catholic Church's strongest statements of fault in its widespread child-sex-abuse scandal (The Christian Post)
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"It was one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency."

"It was one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency."
—George W. Bush, recalling how rapper Kanye West — disappointed with the government's handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster — said during a national telethon that "George Bush doesn't care about black people" (NBC)
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"I'd like my life back."

"I'd like my life back." —Tony Hayward, then BP CEO, apologizing for this summer's oil spill, the worst in American history, while also infamously saying that "no one wants this over more than I do" (Think Progress)  

"This is a big f___ing deal."

"This is a big f___ing deal."
—Joe Biden, Vice President, accidentally expressing to President Obama excessive enthusiasm for passage of the health care bill, in front of a hot mike at the White House's signing ceremony (CNN)

I never considered myself a maverick

"I never considered myself a maverick." —John McCain, rejecting the label on which he campaigned for the presidency in 2008 (Newsweek)