* “This is a historic moment from which there can be no turning back.”–British Prime Minister Theresa May, on the UK’s formal start of “Brexit” from the European Union.
* “The Chinese like to say that relationships matter, but their interests always matter far more.”–Evan Medeiros, former Asia director for the National Security Council under President Obama.
* “If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will.”–President Donald Trump.
* “I think Trump is looking for real commitment and follow-through on North Korea. It can’t be an ask. It must be a demand.”–Walter Lohman, director of the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation.
* “The problem that (Rep. Devin Nunes) has created is he’s gone off on a lark by himself, sort of an Inspector Clouseau investigation here.”–Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
* “This is a witch hunt (excuse for big election loss) by media and Dems.”–President Donald Trump’s response in support of an immunity request by former national security adviser Michael Flynn.
* “Politics aside, private markets in many areas of the economy have substantive advantages over a government program. They create competition, which leads to innovation and lower prices. But private markets in medical care tend to be more complicated and less successful.”–David Leonhardt, New York Times.
* “Americans now think government should help guarantee (health-care) coverage for just about everyone.”–Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post.
* “The Freedom Caucus wants the freedom to vote no on everything, which makes governing complicated for the Republican majority.”–John Feehery, Republican strategist.
* “Crisis reveals the character, the essential nature of a White House. Seventy days in, that is my worry.”–Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal.
* “Trump is, indeed, prophetic. Washington under him doesn’t resemble the same old swamp. It looks like a sandbox. There’s commotion aplenty, noise galore and not much evidence of adult supervision.”–Frank Bruni, New York Times.
* “Hollywood has been preparing us for a presidency like this for years.”–Novelist Teddy Wayne.
* “A lot of this election was turned by white, college-educated women who now would maybe like to forget about this election and go back to watching HGTV. I would want to urge them: ‘You can’t look away’ because it doesn’t affect you this minute, but it’s going to affect you eventually.”–Comedian Tina Fey at an ACLU benefit.
* “We are living through the most dangerous challenge to the free government of the United States that anyone alive has encountered. What happens next is up to you and me. Don’t be afraid. This moment of danger can also be your finest hour as a citizen and an American.”–David Frum, former speechwriter for George W. Bush.
* “What’s happening is, the mainstream media are making Americans suffer from information underload–for all the great things the president is doing.”–White House counselor Kellyanne Conway.
* “This White House does not seem to value an independent press. There is a word for that line of thinking. The word is un-American.”–Jake Tapper, CNN.
* “The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by ‘intelligence’ like candy. Very un-American!”–President Donald Trump.
* “America is capable of being un-American.”–Richard Cahan, author of “Un-American: The Incarceration of Japanese-Americans During World War II.”
* “Until people start feeling less partisan and less hateful of the other side, I think there’s going to be a tremendous market for fake news.”–Bob Shaw, vice chairman of the board at the First Amendment Foundation.
* “A couple of weeks ago, I was a block and a half away (from Trump Tower), and it was not the New York that I recognize. It’s like a police state around there–unimaginable.”–Tampa Bay Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg.
* “Foreign-born entrepreneurs are frustrated by the delays inherent to our outdated immigration system–and more recently are turned off by intense anti-immigrant rhetoric and sentiment among some in the United States–and are going to places like Canada and Europe instead.”–Roly Marante, chairman of government relations for the Florida State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.
* “A new, modern facility properly located with a team that’s competitive will draw in that market. That’s why we put the team there in the first place. And we continue to believe that’s true.”–MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, on the sustainability of the Tampa Bay Rays.
* “This is the beginning of a major, major project to redevelop the West Tampa area.”–Mayor Bob Buckhorn, on beginning the process of moving the city’s maintenance hub for wastewater departments out of West Tampa–to make room for a key piece of the West River development.
* “We see it as an innovation gateway.”–Mark Sharpe, executive director of the Tampa Innovation Alliance, on design concepts for a more eco- and pedestrian-friendly Fowler Avenue.