* “The current president (of the United States) doesn’t care about the West. He is a nationalist. He is America alone.”–Gerard Araud, French ambassador to the U.S.
* “We’re digging a hole for ourselves. It’s not like the rest of the world is going to sit by while we get our act together. So rivals take advantage. Allies start to lose faith and hedge.”–William J. Burns, deputy secretary of state during the Obama Administration.
* “Our mission is to champion the American way of life.”–Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
* “Pyongyang is growing bolder in its sanctions evasion. … And some sanction specialists worry that mixed signals from the Trump Administration may further undermine global enforcement.”–Jeanne Whalen, Washington Post.
* “You don’t know if this is an aberration or not, if Trump is something outside, and he’s going to lose, and we’ll forget. Or, is he the first of the mad Roman emperors?”–Historian and biographer Robert A. Caro.
* “The founders put the impeachment clause in the Constitution to allow Congress to hold accountable, between elections, a president who’s abusing power. They specified that “high crimes and misdemeanors” are not necessarily crimes on the books but arise from the singular power of the presidency.”–Elizabeth Drew, author of “Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon’s Downfall.”
* “Under this president and this vice president, no one is taking your guns.”–Vice President Mike Pence, in addressing the NRA in Indianapolis.
* “There is no patriotism in Trump’s GOP. Only cowardly opportunism.”–Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
* “If we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will forever and fundamentally alter the character of this nation–who we are. And I cannot stand by and watch that happen.”–Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
* “Some candidates will run promising transformational change. Biden offers a restoration of the values that bind us as a collective.”–David Brooks, New York Times.
* “Don’t let the agenda stray from the argument that (Biden) can deliver us from Trump.”–Former Bill Clinton adviser Paul Begala.
* “2020 is shaping up to be an especially competitive election and, particularly in many large states including Florida with significant Latino populations, we have no doubt Hispanic America will play a key role in picking the next president and which party controls Congress.”–Univision CEO Vince Sadusky, in responding to data that show Hispanics are the fastest-growing portion of Florida’s electorate heading into the 2020 election.
* “Hospitals are the biggest employers in many parts of rural America. What do you think will happen to those jobs if Medicaid is hollowed out?”–Paul Krugman, New York Times.
* “We cannot just single-source our politics through one party.”–Tom Wilson, chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s board of directors and CEO of Allstate Corp.
* “We have to think about our privilege. I have to think about my privilege every day.”–Melinda Gates.
* “We all deserve control over our digital lives.”–Apple CEO Tim Cook, 2019.
* “Privacy means that people know what they’re signing up for.”–Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, 1992.
* “(I’m) confident that when all is said and done, the ban on oil drilling off of Florida’s coasts will remain in place.”–Sen. Marco Rubio. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt has declined to publicly rule out drilling off any state, including Florida.
* “Our prison system is a mess. It’s understaffed, with little money for training, promotion, inmate programs or facility repair. We incarcerate nearly 100,000 inmates at an annual cost of nearly $2.5 billion.”–Former Republican–now NPA–State legislator Paula Dockery.
* “We cannot regulate our way to clean water, plentiful wildlife and preserved wild spaces. … Conservation land acquisition is the most effective and, over time, least expensive solution to address our state’s most pressing environmental problems.”–Estus Whitfield, founding member of the Florida Conservation Coalition.
* “If you want the best for Tampa, you want Jane Castor to succeed as mayor.”–David Straz.
* “Judge me 20 years from now.”–Former Mayor Bob Buckhorn.