- “Mr. Minister, I am the leader of the most powerful military in the history of the world. I don’t make threats.”—Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, to his Russian counterpart, Sergei Shoigu.
- “The message (to Vladimir Putin) is that we will continue, that we will do what’s necessary to make sure that he will not get his way, that Ukraine will prevail.”—NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte.
- “I believe we shouldn’t be constrained by ideology and, instead, should seek practical solutions to problems.”—Vice President Kamala Harris.
- “Biden should have resigned the presidency when he suspended his campaign. It would have clarified where the buck stops, given Kamala Harris some political advantages as well as formal power, and supplied voters with more information, from a few months of her leadership, with which to make their choice for 2024.”—Ross Douthat, NYT.
- “I think (Harris) is going to win. … (But) the 2016 experience taught all of us that you can’t count this guy out.”—Former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, who ran for president in 2020.
- “I believe that some people are genuine in being misinformed.”—Jill Stein, on voting for Harris to stop Trump.
- “I want reasoned and stable governance, exemplified by a president whose lodestar is the well-being and security of her citizenry, not the bloodlust of his base.”—Author Susan Faludi.
- “You can’t trust him (Trump).”—Maryanne Trump Barry, Trump’s elder sister and a former federal judge.
- “That sore loser (Trump) is saying the same things he said before. He’s riling up the troops again, so if he doesn’t get what he wants, it’s not inconceivable that we will experience that same (Jan. 6) situation again. … It could be worse.”—U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton (a President George W. Bush nominee).
- “We’re not in an emergency anymore—not in an inflation emergency or a labor market emergency.”—Julia Coronado, founder of MacroPolicy Perspective.
- “Populists undermine the operating environment capitalism depends on—most notably, free competition and a predictable rule of law.”—Harvard Business Review.
- “We’re going to have to make some very tough decisions about how and where we rebuild, and where we don’t.”—Nicholas Shanahan, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies.
- “I’m not going to provide a timeline, and I’m not going to provide a timeline on when I’ll provide a timeline.”—Ben Woody, the Asheville, N.C. assistant city manager, on when residents could expect water service to be restored following Helene.
- “This (Helene-Milton) was a force of nature that we could not have ever prepared for.”—Vik Bhide, Tampa’s mobility director.
- “Every time a Republican runs against somebody Jewish, they use George Soros. He’s the boogeyman.”—Sandy Freedman, Tampa’s first Jewish mayor.
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“Every man wants to protect me. I can’t figure out from what.”—Mae West.