* “Our goal with the administration is to show value at the U.N., and the way that we’ll show value is to show our strength. … For those that don’t have our back, we’re taking names.”–Nikki Haley, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
* “No one will emerge as a winner in a trade war.”–Chinese President Xi Jinping.
* “Our two countries together have a responsibility to lead. Because when others step up, it is bad for America, for Britain and for the world.”–British Prime Minister Theresa May.
* “I never thought the U.S. people would go for a president like this. We don’t want the ugly American, which Trump represents: that imperial gringo that used to invade our country, that used to send the Marines, that used to put and take away presidents most everywhere in the world.”–Former Mexican President Vicente Fox.
* “It’s like a Rubik’s cube trying to figure this guy out. We have no freakin’ idea what he’s gonna do.”–Former Vice President Joe Biden.
* “President Trump is right to make sure we are doing everything possible to know exactly who is entering our country.”–House Speaker Paul Ryan.
* “This administration has mistaken cruelty for strength and prejudice for strategy.”–Nancy Pelosi, Democratic House minority leader.
* “Trump has changed the way the Republican Party sees the world. Republicans used to have a basic faith in the dynamism and openness of the free market. Now the party fears openness and competition.”–David Brooks, New York Times.
* “To make America great again, climate action is very logical. This is a very convincing story for job creation and economic growth.”–Paul Polman, chief executive of Uniliver, among the participants at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
* “The 45th president of the United States comes to office at a calmer time than the 32nd (Franklin D. Roosevelt) did, but Donald Trump’s demagogic populism and his movement’s willingness to traffic in ethnic and racial stereotypes have put many Americans in the mind of the chaos of the 1930s. From (Huey) Long to (Father) Charles Coughlin, we have been here before.”–Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Jon Meacham.
* “Much attention has been given to the non-college-educated voters who rallied to Trump. Insufficient attention is given to the role of the college miseducated. They, too, are complicit in our current condition because they emerged from their expensive ‘college experiences’ neither disposed nor able to conduct civil, informed arguments.”–George Will, Washington Post.
* “Only in America can the ‘winning’ candidate question the integrity of the election.”–Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian Curley.
* “Vice President Mike Pence wrote a letter to the American people, saying, ‘I’m what most people would call a ‘fun guy.’ In my spare time, I enjoy golf and heterosexuality.”–Satirist Andy Borowitz.
* “Highway express lanes are unsafe, inefficient and add an unnecessary burden for all users, as the numbers clearly show.”–State Sen. Frank Artiles, R-Miami.
* “I think it’s highly unlikely there will be a hard-core duty or tariff on products. I just think the risk of that is really, really bad for the economy.”–Jabil CEO Mark Mondello.
* “It’s time we ask ourselves why sports teams in our state get privileged treatment by the Legislature while small businesses are left to fend for themselves.”–Sen. Tom Lee, R-Brandon.
* “This is actually one of the biggest challenges, if not the biggest challenge, that this region has. All these things are inter-related. Our economic future is dependent on us being dry and us not being so threatened by flooding that people can’t live, work and play.”–Tampa City Council member Harry Cohen, on the local impact of rising sea levels.
* “No one is immune to working Gasparilla.”–Assistant Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan.