* “We’ll handle North Korea. We handle everything.”–President Donald Trump.
* “Pleased be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. military.”–President Donald Trump.
* “It’s about time that a decision is made to restore the warrior culture and allow the U.S. military to get back to business.”–Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.
* “All of my actions were proper and occurred in the normal course of events of a very unique campaign.”–Jared Kushner.
* “Your political options are kind of limited–rally your base and do what you can to question the credibility of the investigation.”–Former Bill Clinton adviser James Carville, in assessing the Trump strategy regarding the investigation of special counsel Robert Mueller.
* “If Robert Mueller does the investigation that I think he’s going to do, I think he will connect the dots. I think that they’re going to find not only conflict of interest but also obstruction of justice. I think (Trump’s) in for new possibilities of either being charged criminally or, as I think, impeached.”–U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee.
* “No point is of more importance than that the right of impeachment should be continued.”–George Mason to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
* “(Trump) can’t collude with his own government. Why do you think he’s colluding with the Russians?”–Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.
* “We see today a president at war with his own party, and that to my mind never turns out well.”–Jeffrey Engel, director of the Center for Presidential History.
* “First shock, then surprise, then Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot (WTF).”–Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on his Trump coping strategy.
* “It makes sense that foreigners will be reluctant to invest in the United States when they don’t know what Congress or the president are going to do, or what specific policies are going to be enacted.”–Marina Azzimonti, former research economist with the Philadelphia Fed. and current associate professor of economics at Stony Brook University.
* “The ‘swamp’ feels anything but drained; more like remodeled into a gold-plated hot tub.”–Mark Leibovich, New York Times Magazine.
* “Outsourced the whole issue to Congress.”–U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., on what Trump’s health care strategy was.
* “Now I’m letting my guard down.”–Hillary Clinton, commenting on her upcoming book, “What Happened.”
* “Solar energy is good for the environment and for consumers’ pocketbooks, but there are starting to be complaints concerning misleading sales practices, confusing contracts and shoddy installation.”–Susan Grant, consumer protection and privacy director for the Consumer Federation of America.
* “It’s the first time I’ve taken on any kind of historical truth, and that was very daunting.”–Christopher Nolan, the director of “Dunkirk.”
* “Aren’t you tired of the liberals taking fake news to new extremes? I am.”–Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam.
* “This legislature is hell-bent on doing whatever they can to limit local government and to hamstring our ability to do what we do better than they do, which is provide services and do it at a reasonable (cost) with a reasonable number of employees.”–Mayor Bob Buckhorn, who recently proposed the first property tax increase since 1989–in part because of revenue the city could lose from an expanded homestead exemption.
* “We’re going to face a $30 million reduction in our budget as a result of the additional homestead exemption.”–Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan.
* “We’re headed into uncharted territory.”–Commissioner Sandra Murman.
* “I won’t be here.”–Retiring Commissioner Al Higginbotham.