Quotes of the week

“Whatever the outcome... this will be the result of a democratic process.”

Nationalist MP Francis Zammit Di­mech believes Prime Minister Law­rence Gonzi’s decision to put his lea­dership to the test will solve the crisis.

“It was a bad decision to stay on.”

Labour MP Leo Brincat on how with the benefit of hindsight his party should have gone to the polls in 1981 when Labour earned the majority of parliamentary seats but not votes.

“A very loud crashing sound followed by crying.”

A man working on the building site in Sliema describing how Zaren Baldacchino, 59, was killed when a crane’s steel wire snapped and the hook came crashing down .

“This agreement’s vague wording threatens our right to privacy.”

Opposition IT spokesman Michael Farrugia insisting the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (Acta) will be detrimental to online users.

“To hell with justice... can’t we provide him some therapy first?”

Karl Consiglio, on timesofmalta.com, reacting to news that Maximilian Ciantar – who ran over twins, threatened journalists, drove without a licence – was caught with heroin while visiting his baby in the hospital’s Disneyland.

“Smartphone is more powerful than the sword.”

Culture Minister Mario de Marco, during the opening of the ninth Commonwealth Journalists Association conference, on the impact new media had in the Arab Spring uprising.