* “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”–Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
* “No one expects China to have an open debate about their surveillance programs, or Russia to take privacy concerns of citizens in other places into account.”–President Barack Obama.
* “China has built up economic imbalances for some years, and they are not sustainable for much longer. The basic problem is that for almost a decade, China’s economic growth has been fueled by cheap credit and government spending–a classic developing-nation problem.”–Fareed Zakaria, Time magazine.
* “They have tried to make it a country of its own. For a while at least, Sochi has been cut away from the rest of the world.”–Mark Galeotti, a New York University expert on Russian security forces.
* “The Constitution gives the power to declare war to the Congress, but Congress has not formally declared war since June 1942, even though our nation has been involved in dozens of military actions of one scale or another since that time. There is reason for this: The nature of war is changing.”–Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
* “War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.”–Ambrose Bierce, the late American journalist and short story writer.
* “The president is hemmed in by this new industry, interest group capitalism. The unofficial pressure sector dominates the official governing sector.”–David Brooks, New York Times.
* “To me, one of the most fascinating aspects of climate change denial is how deniers essentially never publish in legitimate journals, but instead rely on talk shows, grossly error-laden op-eds, and hugely out-of-date claims (that were never right to start with).”–Astronomer-author Phil Plaitt.
* “As Americans, we once pointed with pride to our country’s high level of economic and social mobility, but we’ve now become one of the world’s most rigidly stratified industrial democracies.”–Robert H. Frank, New York Times.
* “…To really help our kids, we have to do so much more as parents. … Parents have the power to challenge educational complacency here at home. Parents have the power to ask more of their leaders–and to ask more of their kids.”–Arne Duncan, U.S. secretary of education.
* “I would not be in the U.S. Senate today if it were not for Sarah Palin.”–Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas.
* “I am not a bully.”–New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
* “Most people won’t talk about it because they think he is going to get through this and retribution could be coming.”–Elizabeth, N.J. Mayor Chris Bollwage, a Christie political foe.
* “It’s not meant to be disrespectful. It’s meant to show frustration.”–Rep. Alan Williams, D-Tallahassee, on why the Florida Legislature’s 28-member black caucus canceled a meeting with Gov. Rick Scott.
* “I’m excited to get back into the game. I think there will be a little more Cuban coffee in the governor’s office.”–Former state legislator Carlos Lopez-Cantera, Gov. Scott’s pick for lieutenant governor.
* “I love the fact he’s Hispanic.”–Gov. Rick Scott.
* “I don’t think it matters, and that holds true for Charlie’s pick too. This is going to be mano-a-mano, Rick Scott versus Charlie Crist. That’s what matters.”–Screven Watson, former executive director of the Florida Democratic Party.
* “One thing’s for sure: the Republicans need to be unified going into March 11. The district isn’t Republican enough to win a seat for the GOP without full party support.”–Nathan Gonzales, deputy editor of the Rothenberg Political Report, on the District 13 race involving Republican David Jolly and Democrat Alex Sink.
* “That is highly unusual. These are slow-moving metrics, and to even get a percentage or 2-point gain is huge.”–Jan Ignash, vice chancellor for the Florida Board of Governors, on USF’s 15-point jump in graduation rate in five years.
* “Kids know about five jobs. A football player. A basketball player. A rapper. A vet. And a doctor. They do not know what is out there.”–Scott Brooks, director of technical and adult education for Hillsborough County Schools.
* “Clearly it doesn’t work in St. Petersburg. That is a failed business model.”–Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, on St. Petersburg as a venue for a new baseball stadium.
* “Of course I like it. I like flat-screen TVs with high definition. I like air conditioning in my 1956 Bel Air. I like computers.”–Tampa Bay Rays’ manager Joe Maddon, on why he likes Major League Baseball’s plans for expanded replay.