*”My voice will always be raised in support of Christian-Jewish ties and against the anti-Semitism that all sensible people fear and detest. But this cannot be an excuse for doing nothing and for standing aside as successive Israeli governments colonize the West Bank and advance racist laws.”–Desmond Tutu, archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, South Africa, and winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize.
* “It’s not for Germany to decide for the rest of Europe.”–Socialist Francois Hollande, France’s newly elected president.
* “If Cuba ends the restrictions on its own citizens’ travel, that means the only travel restrictions that would remain in place would be those the United States imposes on its citizens.”–Philip Peters, the Lexington Institute.
* “I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying one another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties.”–Vice President Joe Biden.
* “CNN appears committed to a business model that doesn’t work.”–Robert Seidman, editor of TV by the Numbers, a ratings website.
* “Satire is thriving right now, probably more so than at any time in our culture’s history. Sometimes the smartest political analysis of the day is being done by comedians.”–Robert Thompson, director of the Center for Television and Popular Culture at Syracuse University.
* “In an online world, colleges have to think hard about how they are going to take communication, which comes over the Web, and turn it into learning, which is a complex social and emotional process.”–David Brooks, New York Times.
* “What I’ve observed in a lot of cases is AP (Advanced Placement) programs being helicopter-dropped in with the hope that the high standards themselves would generate results.”–Kristin Klopfenstein, University of Northern Colorado.
* “In 2013, we are presented with an unprecedented opportunity to commemorate and recognize Florida’s 500 anniversary, an anniversary no other U.S. state can claim.”–Ken Detzner, Florida secretary of state.
* “I truly believe Jeb wants to be VP as much as anybody wants to be chosen to compete in The Hunger Games.”–Miami Republican strategist Ana Navarro.
* “Central Florida gets anything and everything they want, and we don’t. We don’t have a unified offense. We play defense.”–TBARTA Chairman Ronnie Duncan.
* “Politics is an interesting profession. It’s flexible. It changes. Moods change. Perceptions change. Except for me. I guess I’m the same guy that I was when I first got here. … My votes are basically the same.”–Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Indian Shores.
* “We’ve cut past the bone. We’re in the cremation stage.”–St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster’s budget analysis.
* “Our job is to protect free speech, and it’s our job to make free speech available to everybody. … Just because the letter of the law is broken doesn’t mean there’s going to be an arrest. The sanity check’s going to be put on top of everything.”–Tampa Assistant Police Chief John Bennett.
* “We’re a Third World neighborhood in a first-class city.”–Dan Jurman, executive director of the University Area Community Development corp.
* “It’s insane. I’d like to see us work with the Legislature and state organizations to try and bring a little bit of sanity to this thing called ‘testing.'”–Hillsborough County School Board Chairwoman Candy Olson.
* “Welcome to the land of your unfettered ability to carry guns at the Republican National Convention.”–Mayor Bob Buckhorn in his remarks to Emerge Tampa Bay.