* Our American friends offer us money, arms and advice. We take the money, we take the arms and we decline the advice.”–The late Israeli leader Moshe Dayan.
* “Two states are not achievable in the foreseeable future. It has become a process about a process, and not real.”–Former Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
* “I know a few things about rigged elections. … I know these things well because I learned them the hard way during my years as a political opposition leader in Mr. Putin’s Russia. None of these things are happening to Donald Trump.”–Former world chess champion Gary Karparov, now chairman of the New York-based Human Rights Foundation.
* “If I were running against another Republican, we’d have our disagreements, don’t get me wrong, and I would be trying to make my case vigorously. But I wouldn’t go to bed at night with a knot in the pit of my stomach.”–Hillary Clinton.
* “One of the mysteries of 2016 is the degree to which Hillary Clinton is reviled. Not just rationally opposed but viscerally and instinctively hated. … She’s not more dishonest than other politicians, and compared with her opponent, she’s George Washington.”–Susan Faludi, author of “Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women.”
* “This is like an 18-wheeler smacking into us, and it just becomes a huge distraction at the worst possible time.”–Donna Brazile, chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, on news that FBI Director James Comey disclosed that his agency was looking into a potential new batch of messages from Hillary Clinton’s private email server.
* “Jim Comey forgets that he works for the attorney general.”–Matt Miller, former Justice Department spokesman under Attorney General Eric Holder.
* “I was on the Judiciary Committee when I was in Congress, and I have never seen the FBI handle any case the way they have handled hers.”–Patricia Schroeder, former Democratic Congresswoman from Colorado.
* “We never thought we were going to say thank you to Anthony Weiner.”–Donald Trump.
* “When it comes to pending investigations, federal prosecutors and agents almost always have only two good options: indict or be quiet. Talking publicly about a matter is not an option because doing so offends basic notions of fairness and due process.”–Dan Gelber, former federal prosecutor and Democratic state senator.
* “There’s a lot of noise and distraction, but it really comes down to what kind of future we want.”–Hillary Clinton.
* “Cowed by fear of the party’s far right wing in primaries to come and driven by ambition, or at least by the desire to cling to office at all costs, elected Republican officials have, for the most part, been on an extended moral vacation since Trump clinched the nomination. “–Republican strategist and Tallahassee lobbyist Mac Stipanovich.
* “You have a governor and Legislature that like your current senator (Marco Rubio) doesn’t want to believe the science of climate change.”–Hillary Clinton at Broward College.
* “There is no algorithm that can precisely calibrate how to weigh global instability against the reasons that remain for conservatives to vote for Trump. No mathematical proof can demonstrate that the chance of a solidly-conservative Supreme Court justice isn’t worth a scaled-up risk of great power conflict.”–Ross Douthat, New York Times.
* “In many elections in the last 20 years, Mormons have been neck and neck for the title of ‘Most Republican,’ but that’s not going to happen this time.”–Quin Monson, Brigham Young University political scientist.
* “Florida is checkmate.”–Tim Kaine.
* “I don’t see anything about this merger that would lower costs for consumers or increase choices for consumers.”–Todd O’Boyle, director of the Media and Democracy Project at Common Cause, on the proposed $84.5-billion Time Warner-AT&T merger.
* “The server that houses the election software is not connected to the internet. … By law, it is a standalone server. It is under 24-7 video surveillance.”–Craig Latimer, Hillsborough County elections supervisor.
* “Cuba wants to partner with the greater Tampa area. I believe it will be economically beneficial to the port and our overall economy. … We cannot afford to leave a single economic stone unturned.”–Patrick Allman, a member of the Port Tampa Bay governing board.
* “Uber and Lyft are the ones breaking the rules. Who cares who we use to do a sting operation? Bonnie and Clyde had a big fan club, too, but at the end they were just bank robbers, so let’s not lose sight of where the wrongdoing is here.”–PTC Vice Chairman David Pogorilich.
* “This is special. This is monumental.”–Brian Lamb, USF Board of Trustees chairman, on the unveiling of USF’s $134 million Village residential complex project.
* “I remain positive about the prospects for a (Tampa Bay Rays) stadium derivative of the fact that (Rays owner) Stu (Sternberg) is positive about the prospects.”–Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred.