(FORTUNE Magazine) – -- BILL BRADLEY, 50, U.S. Senator (D-New Jersey) on the trial of four Buddhist monks later jailed for organizing political protests in Vietnam: ''It is important that respect for human rights be an integral part of the U.S.- Vietnam dialogue.''

-- R. GAULL SILBERMAN, 56, vice chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, on a Supreme Court ruling that words can sexually harass even if they don't cause injury: '' 'Tis said, 'Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.' ((But)) that's never been the case in sexual harassment law.''