Quotes.

"So, Scott, you said that, or the president said, repeatedly, that Harriet Miers was the best person for the job. So does that mean that Alito is sloppy seconds, or what?"

--CBS News Correspondent John Roberts to White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan at an October 31 press conference

"When I find a time when I disagree with Dick Cheney, I say to myself, 'Why am I wrong?'"

--former Cheney aide Scooter Libby in a 2001 interview, quoted in The New York Times, October 30

"I want the president to look across the country and find the best man, woman, or minority that he can find."

-Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) to CNN anchor Zain Verjee, October 27

"Please roll up the sleeves of your shirt, all shirts. Even the president rolled his sleeves to just below the elbow. In this [crisis] and on TV you just need to look more hard-working.... ROLL UP THE SLEEVES."

--Press Secretary Sharon Worthy in an e-mail to former FEMA chief Michael Brown, September 4