* “It’s obvious that the use or threat of force cannot be an instrument of foreign policy.”–Mikhail Gorbachev, the world’s most-missed super-power leader.
* “All indications point to the PLA (People’s Liberation Army) meeting Xi Jinping’s directive to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027.” Admiral John Aquilino, the leader of the Indo-Pacific Command.
* “The broad mass of a nation … will more easily fall victim to a big lie than to a small one.”–Adolph Hitler, Mein Kampf. Still applies. Obviously.
* “Ignorance, allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.”–James Baldwin.
* “Fortune favors the prepared mind.”–Louis Pasteur.
* “Each vote everywhere counts, but the 61 million Americans living in the seven (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin) battleground states will decide who’s president.”–Republican strategist Karl Rove.
* “Our campaign is a spoiler, all right. It is a spoiler for President Biden and for President Trump.”–Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
* “Florida is losing doctors, medical students and residents who are fleeing to other states, and the maternal health crisis will worsen due to the abortion ban passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature and Gov. Ron DeSantis. It is cruel; it is costly; and it is wrong.”–U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa.
* “We do not have an Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. But we are absolutely supportive of access and opportunity for everyone, and we will continue to do that.”–USF President Rhea Law.
* “The way we look at (AI) at USF is to unleash human potential. It is meant to be a tool that will help us do things better. It’s just a tool.”–Sudeep Sarkar, chairman of USF’s Computer Science and Engineering Department.
* “Democrats and Republicans in our community know the obvious. We need more transit and transportation investments. We need then now, and we are willing to pay for them.”–Tampa City Councilman Louis Viera, who chairs the county’s transportation agency.
* “This is the most important thing we are going to do, I believe, as a County Commission this year.”–Hillsborough County Commissioner Michael Owen, on advancing the Community Investment Tax referendum to the November ballot.