He was facing increasing opposition and was standing on very weak ground. So in that sense it was a godsend.

In ignoring the upper house and trying to gain power beyond parliament by a direct pitch to the people, Koizumi could be a dictator.

It takes more energy to give a damn than to not give a damn.

We can't always be the bridge. Sometimes we have to be the flooding river.

You're standing on hallowed ground here. Sometimes hallowed ground is very expensive ground.

We were blessed with Torie. She was a Godsend, she really was,