"I once read that when Mongolian warriors went to battle, they used a plant that made them hate their enemy even more. I would really like to know what plant you intend to ingest before appearing on television with me, Mr Mečiar."
- Robert Fico, the head of the opposition party Smer, addresses Vladimír Mečiar, the head of the opposition party Movement for a Democratic Slovakia. In response Mečiar retorted, "I will use the plant of 'pity-ness'."
