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September 2004
Compiled by Anita Lišková

"The only sacrificial lamb for everyone is the former prime minister, who is going to be promoted to the position of EU Commissioner, which is a unique award for governmental failure."
- commented president Václav Klaus about the state's crisis solution.

"I don't have such a deep social thinking as my husband does; I am more into entrepreneurship. But this doesn't mean that I don't agree with social democrats. I believe that they mean it."
- Šárka Grosssová, the prime minister's wife, answering the question whether she is 100% sure about the ČSSD policy.

"I want to open this authority to the public. Today I suprised everyone by walking to the office on foot."
- said the new minister for local development Jiří Paroubek (ČSSD) regarding his plans for his new governmental role.

"I don't remember it as anything scary. I mainly remember those benches being so small that it was impossible to stretch your legs and that we had to stay on them for a very long time."
- Musician Vladimír Mišík recalls his years in parliament. He was elected as an MP of Občanské fórum and spent two years there.