* “Nobody should be president for life.”–President Barack Obama, in a speech at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
* “They are borrowing new money to pay old money. That’s the trap they’re in. The Greek tragedy is that there are no winners.”–Ashoka Mody, former IMF economist.
* “The core of the Republican debate is over what Reaganism means today. And the major candidates are giving quite different answers.”–Henry Olsen, Ethics and Public Policy scholar.
* “Politicians who preside over economic booms often develop delusions of competence. You can see this domestically: Jeb Bush imagines that he knows the secrets of economic growth because he happened to be governor when Florida was experiencing a giant housing bubble, and he had the good luck to leave office just before it burst.”–Paul Krugman, New York Times.
* “It’s very time-consuming to be politically correct, and I don’t like wasting a lot of time.”–Donald Trump.
* “Engagement is not a gift to the Castros; it’s a threat to the Castros. An American embassy in Havana isn’t a concession; it’s a beacon. Lifting the embargo doesn’t set back freedom; it advances freedom.”–Hillary Clinton.
* “It’s insulting to many residents of Miami for Hillary Clinton to come here to endorse a retreat in the struggle for democracy in Cuba.”–Jeb Bush.
* “Appeasement only emboldens dictators and repressive governments and weakens America’s global standing in the 21st century.”–Marco Rubio.
* “Campaigns don’t usually end because candidates give up; they end because they run out of money. But now campaigns just need a few wealthy super PAC donors to stay in the game.”–Stuart Stevens, chief campaign strategist for the 2012 Mitt Romney campaign.
* “I have done a lot of research, but this is the first time I’ve been truly freaked out.”–Charlie Miller, a security researcher who found a way to hack into vehicle technology from the Internet.
* “I don’t believe their (University of Cincinnati) officers have the skill set to police Cincinnati with the same philosophy of fairness and cultural competency that my officers display.”–Cincinnati Police Chief Jeffrey Blackwell.
* “Mergers typically mean less choice and benefits that never come about. For the consumer, they’re usually about unfulfilled promises.”–David Balto, former policy director for the Federal Trade Commission.
* “Communities of color under the current scoring model aren’t being accurately captured. You don’t have the opportunity to establish your credit.”–Joe Nery, president-elect of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.
* “There is a constitutional right (both state and federal) to own a gun. But the Second Amendment doesn’t trump the First Amendment. The two are not in conflict. This is a conflict contrived by the National Rifle Association. (Doctors) talking (to patients) about gun safety is no threat to the ownership or possession of guns.”–Howard L. Simon, executive director of the ACLU of Florida.
* “There are no plans at this time.”–Florida Lottery spokeswoman Connie Barnes, on the possibility of selling lottery tickets through the Internet.
* “I recognize the need to over-communicate our planning at the department.”–Secretary of State Ken Detzner to the executive committee of the county election supervisors association.
* “I want this settlement to have generational impact.”–Mayor Bob Buckhorn, in explaining that he wants the city’s BP-settlement funds ($27.4 million) to be used for “legacy projects.”
* “Vacancy rates in downtown Tampa have approached 9 percent… . The lead time is such you can’t wait until vacancy rates get down to 4 or 5 percent–by that time, nine other guys are building. You want to be first. If you’re the last guy to build in Florida, you usually lose your shirt and your underwear.”–Developer Larry Feldman, who has submitted plans for a 52-story, mixed-used tower on the waterfront site where the Trump Tower was once planned.
* “From my perspective, the issue that keeps coming up over and over is transportation. And it’s critical we respond and be able to say, ‘Look: We’re doing something about it.'”–Rick Homans, president and CEO of the Tampa Hillsborough Economic Development Corp.
* “That says a lot to somebody from out of town. They think ‘how innovative can you be if you can’t be innovative about transportation.'”–Daniel James Scott, executive director of the Tampa Bay Technology Forum, on a perception of recent failed transit initiatives.