*”It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.”–Myanmar’s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
* “Red lines don’t lead to war. Red lines prevent war.”–Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
* “For my part, I think Obama should indeed set a red line–warning Netanyahu to stop interfering in American elections.”–Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times.
* “If I were American, I’d vote for Obama.”–Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
* “The United States has demonstrated more than respect in the large amounts of aid we give to Arab countries. Then there is what we pay for their oil. That they have mostly not used those enormous resources to elevate their people, especially women, is not America’s fault.”–Cal Thomas, Tribune Media Services.
* “As a candidate, Mitt Romney is awkward, off-putting and hollow, so bad that if he were a Bain company, he would shut himself down.”–Maureen Dowd, New York Times.
* “Cutting capital gains taxes will not turbocharge the economy, and raising them would not usher in a depression.”–Syracuse University economist Leonard Burman in testimony to the Senate Finance Committee.
* “In the last year alone, the cumulative net worth of the wealthiest 400 people, by Forbes (magazine) calculation, rose by $200 billion. That compares with a 4 percent drop in median household income last year, according to the Census Bureau. One would be hard pressed to find a clearer example of how powerfully income inequality has taken root.”–Joe Nocera, New York Times.
* “In the polarized political conflict with liberalism, hostility toward government has become the organizing conservative principle.”–David Brooks, New York Times.
* “We’re going through a period where apparently voters are more suspicious about the motives of the court, and that’s unfortunate. The court is the only branch of government that explains the reasons for its decisions.”–Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.
* “We have incredible renewal energy resources. The bad news is they’re where there are not many people. We need a distribution system that can accommodate that.”–U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
* “Voters will see 11 of the most complex, confusing and, in some cases, misleading constitutional amendments proposed in recent memory.”–Excerpt of a League of Women Voters written statement characterizing the 11 proposed constitutional amendments on the Nov. 6 ballot.
* “What we’re seeing is that our participation in the labor force is declining.”–Amy Baker, Florida Legislature economist.
* “It’s not just a matter of allowing the free speech, you actually have to protect it.”–Tampa Police Department Assistant Chief John Bennett.
* “People beat up Tampa’s streetcar because they do not recognize its economic development benefits.”–Michael English, Tampa streetcar board member and principal with Tindale-Oliver & Associates, an urban design and community planning firm.