(FORTUNE Magazine) – KENNETH H. OLSEN, 63, founder and president of Digital Equipment, on what priority the U.S. should give to technological leadership in supercomputers: ''Supercomputers are important, but they don't replace guns.''

WILLIAM SEIDMAN, 68, chairman of the FDIC, on his personal future as political scandals continue to roil the savings and loan business:

''My loftiest ambition is to get out of Washington without taking the Fifth.''

LECH WALESA, 46, Poland's Solidarity leader, on his appeal to U.S. business to invest in his country: ''Such is the fate of a Polish trade unionist -- he has to launch a publicity campaign for private entrepreneurship.''