...Canada, India, UK and USA, like Gordon Brown or George W. Bush " said about this topic. Quotes are shown side-by-side for comparison. In the top right, you can switch to another country edition. Already, Google has a quote finder in Google News, and Google In Quotes is also linked to Google News.

Entering the keyword troops, for instance, and comparing George W. Bush with Barack Obama, yields quotes like these (you can page through different quotes at the site):

Google in their In Quotes FAQ says, Much of the published reporting about people is based on the interpretation of a journalist. Direct quotes, on the other hand, are concrete units of information that describe how newsmakers represent themselves. Admittedly, in a media environment that actually works, journalists can fact-check what politicians say, provide counter-statements from other sources, draw historical comparisons, compare what was claimed to the politicians real actions, provide deeper analysis into the underlying issues, and so on.

Now, it would be interesting to see this tool be rolled out to other countries and languages, and also to see it cover more than just politicians " like important business people, scientists, actors and so on (a free-style name field could even cover any person at all).

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