* “In 2016, the Anglo-Saxon world woke up. In 2017, I am sure that it will be the year of the Continental peoples rising up.”–Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Front party.
* “The world is changing. America is changing. Europe is changing. … The genie will not go back into the bottle again, whether you like it or not.”–Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-Islam Dutch Freedom Party.
* “The most obvious example of European populism is Germany in 1933.”–Pope Francis.
* “Thank you, Mr. President, from a grateful and patriotic community.”–Florida Congresswoman Kathy Castor.
* “The time for empty talk is over. Now arrives the hour for action.”–Donald Trump, in his inaugural speech.
* “Our intention is never to lie to you.”–White House press secretary Sean Spicer, in addressing reporters at his first full press briefing.
* “We’ve made other countries rich, while the wealth, strength and confidence of our country has dissipated over the horizon.”–Trump inaugural speech.
* “When Mr. Trump and his advisers promise to make America great again, they are in effect envisioning Reagan 2.0, while overlooking how much has changed. … The nub of the problem here is nostalgia for a bygone era.”–Ruchir Sharma, chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
* “As a candidate, (Trump) could punch down at lesser figures and comment carelessly on foreign leaders. But if President Trump continues this in the Oval Office, he will lessen his stature, move markets, poison relationships and encourage adversaries to make miscalculations.”–Karl Rove, former deputy chief of staff and senior adviser to President George W. Bush.
* “For America to thrive, people across government will have to cooperate and build arrangements to quarantine and work around the president.”–David Brooks, New York Times.
* “Second-guessing or undercutting or trying to change Donald Trump is a fool’s errand. People who have watched this campaign should have discovered that by now.”–Trump senior adviser Kellyanne Conway.
* “Posting an asterisk next to an election result is not healthy for democracy.”–Ruth Marcus, Washington Post.
* “Obama’s absence of bitterness is remarkable. He leaves a legacy of integrity, eloquence and patient commitment in this dark hour of American politics.”–Jacob Weisberg, editor-in-chief of Slate.
* “Never before has the Senate considered such an ethically challenged slate of nominees for key Cabinet positions.”–Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.
* “My past statements made over five years ago about abolishing the Department of Energy do not reflect my current thinking. … I regret recommending its elimination.”–Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the nominee for secretary of energy.
* “A large part of the (United States) appears to have firmly replaced reality with a worldview based on opinions.”–Masha Gessen, author of “The Man Without a Face: the Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin.”
* “This is the first step in building a movement for people in the St. Petersburg area to get involved in social justice issues at a critical time.”–Amy Weintraub, organizer of the St. Petersburg women’s rights protest march that drew more than 20,000 people–the largest such protest in the city’s history.
* “We can whimper, we can whine or we can fight back.”–Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren at the women’s march in Boston.
* “The Dow (Jones Industrial Average) is perhaps the least meaningful U.S. stock index available. … It includes only 30 large companies, and considering that Amazon, Google and Facebook are not part of the Dow, it is hard to make the case that it reflects the broader market.”–Jill Schlesinger, CBS News senior business analyst.
* “We don’t need more elected officials who are black. We need champions in the city.”–Charlene Carruthers, national director of the Black Youth Project 100 in Chicago.
* “Being chief legal officer of the state of Florida, I’m thrilled we’ll have a new Supreme Court justice who will follow the rule of law.”–Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
* “Legislators aren’t scared of Marion Hammer. They’re scared of the people I represent. They’re afraid to try to take away the rights of their constituents. I’m their voice.”–Longtime Florida gun lobbyist Marion Hammer.
* “Joe has national recognition … and for him to say, ‘I know what the Salvation Army is doing,’ that they’re not just helping bums on the street but they’re helping people put their lives together, that has so much weight. He’s just so good.”–Andy Miller, area commander of the Salvation Army, assessing the support of Joe Maddon.