* “I held nothing back. I love this country, and I feel honored to have served it.”–British Prime Minister David Cameron, in announcing his post-Brexit resignation.
* “One thing that will not change is the special relationship. That will endure.”–President Barack Obama.
* “I do not understand why the British government needs until October to decide whether to send the divorce letter to Brussels. I would like it immediately. It is not an amicable divorce, but it was also not an intimate love affair.”–Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission.
* “This will certainly have consequences for Britain, for Europe and for us. The consequences will be global, they are inevitable; they will be both positive and negative.”–Russian President Vladimir Putin.
* “Geopolitically and strategically, the Kremlin thinks it will benefit.”–Nikolay Petrov, professor of political science at the National Research University’s Higher School of Economics in Moscow.
* “Policymakers and opinion-shapers need to empathize with the plight of their fellow citizens, but their obligation is to first do no harm. Inciting polarization and perpetuating economic illiteracy are unacceptable and risk setting off destructive forces.”–Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post.
* “I am ‘the king of debt.’ That has been great for me as a businessman, but is bad for the country. I made a fortune off of debt, will fix U.S.”–Donald Trump.
* “Twitter is not an economic policy.”–Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn.
* “A small, insecure money-grubber who fights for no one but himself.”–Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, in referring to Donald Trump.
* “(Trump’s) policies on trade, immigration and national security threaten trade wars, social unrest and alienation from friends and allies abroad.”–Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post.
* “I do what I do.”–Donald Trump.
* “When it comes to the presidency, I will not vote for Donald Trump. I’ll be voting for Hillary Clinton, with the hope that she can bring Americans together to do the things necessary to strengthen our economy, our environment and our place in the world. Simply put, a Trump presidency is unthinkable.”–Henry Paulson, former Treasury Secretary during the George W. Bush Administration.
* “The fight isn’t over: The next president has to protect women’s health. Women won’t be ‘punished’ for exercising their basic rights.”–Hillary Clinton.
* “We have turned a deaf ear to the blood of innocents. We are blind to a crisis. Where is our courage?”–U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., a leader of the gun-control sit-in in the House.
* “We will not leave the floor of this House until Congress takes action!”–U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla.
* “We stand with you to say that the good in the world far outweighs the evil … and that our most effective response to terror and hatred is compassion, unity and love.”–Attorney General Loretta Lynch, in directly addressing the LBGT community.
* “It doesn’t appear that I’m going to be the nominee… . What our job is now is to have (Hillary Clinton) listen to what millions of people in this country who supported me want to see happen. We’ll see how that evolves.”–Sen. Bernie Sanders.
* “The business model that has grown up in pay TV is, figure out a way to make the entry price as low as possible, figure out how to roll people off that entry price as quickly as you can and then deal with their anger once they realize the price has gone up. The angrier they get, the more likely they are to get something from you.”–Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a member of the Senate Permanent Investigations subcommittee.
* “I believe that if you want to be president of the United States, you run for president. You don’t run for president with some eject button in the cockpit that allows you to go on an exit ramp if it doesn’t work out.”–Sen. Marco Rubio.
* “Marco Rubio abandoned his constituents, and now he’s treating them like a consolation prize.”–U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy of Jupiter, the Democratic establishment favorite in the Florida senate race.
* “(Rubio’s) one of the most widely known, failed senators in the Congress.”–Florida Republican senatorial candidate Carlos Beruff.
* “Marco’s going to have a tough time because Hillary is going to sweep Florida.”–Sen. Bill Nelson.
* “As governor, in the face of partisan attacks, (Charlie Crist) had the courage to save jobs and lead his state into economic recovery.”–President Barack Obama.
* “The DOT, whether it was with intent or not, really pitted the different segments of the community against each other by the way they packaged this (TBX) all together. You have the business folks who were on the yes side, and you have the neighborhoods that were on the opposite side.”–Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner, who cast one of the four MPO “no” votes.
* “At the top of this organization there is no doubt about where we stand regarding LGBT equality under the law.”–Tampa Bay Rays President Brian Auld.
* “We at USF are in the top 25 of all public research universities in the country. That means move over UNC Chapel Hill, move over Ohio State and University of Michigan. USF is in the top 25 with you, so there.”–USF President Judy Genshaft.