* “The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”–Thomas Jefferson.
* “Time is precious. Waste it wisely.”–Mark Twain.
* “The upper classes are a nation’s past; the middle class is its future.”–Ayn Rand.
* “China’s hackers are positioning on American infrastructure in preparation to wreak havoc … We cannot afford to sleep on this danger.”–FBI Director Christopher Wray.
* “We’re looking for inflation to come down, as it has been coming down for the last six months.”–Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
* “Falling inflation, rising growth give the U.S. the world’s best recovery.”–Washington Post.
* “These companies must be reined in, or the worst is yet to come.”–Sen. Lindsey Graham at a U.S. Senate hearing that admonished leaders of social media platforms over child-abuse safety.
* “House Republicans are failing America and our allies at a time when tyranny and terrorism are on the march.”–Florida Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor.
* “Donald Trump said he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue and get away with it. Ron DeSantis, trying to out-Trump Trump, shot democracy in the middle of our courthouse—and he’s gotten away with it.”–Former Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren, who was suspended and replaced by the governor.
* “You don’t just want great physician scientists and nurses and techs and allied health professionals, you want to be in the state-of-the-art facilities with state-of-the-art technology.”–Tampa General Hospital CEO John Couris. TGH has announced plans for a $500 million, 13-story, 565,000-square-foot addition to provide a state-of-the-art environment for neuroscience and transplant services.
* “The resurgence of downtown has been good for us, and we’ve been an important part of that resurgence.”–Straz Center CEO Gregory Holland.