Quoteworthy

  • “I understand and respect that people can be shocked by these (Mohammed-caricature) cartoons. But I will never accept that someone can justify the use of physical violence because of these cartoons. And I will always defend freedom of speech in my country, of thought, of drawing.”—French President Emmanuel Macron.
  • “One of the more insidious effects of polarization is to make foreign policy a tool of partisan politics. It’s done enduring damage to America’s reputation in the world for being able to keep its word.”—William J. Burns, former American diplomat who now runs the Carnegie Endowment in Washington.
  • “Europeans are afraid that there is no longer a foreign-policy consensus in the United States. Every new administration can mean a totally new policy, and for them this is a nightmare,”—Ivan Krastev, director of the Center for Liberal Strategies.
  • “A lot of what we’ve done over the last four years will be undone sooner or later by the next election. They won’t be able to do much about this for a long time to come.”—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, on the conservative, Federalist Society-approving direction of the Supreme Court.
  • “While support for government programs rises, trust in government is near record lows. Americans like it when government sends out checks to pay for things like child care, college and COVID-19 relief. They do not like proposals that concentrate power in Washington.”—David Brooks, New York Times.
  • “Women think about government in terms of the well-being of the country. Men are much more likely to think about it in terms of their wallet. Their bottom line is, how does this affect me?”—Melissa Deckman, professor of political science at Washington College in Maryland.
  • “Trump is the president of the United States because a majority of white people in this country wanted him to be. … Trump’s racism was welcome in the coven.”—Charles M. Blow, New York Times.
  • “Trump’s low character is not only an abstract ethical concern but a public menace that has introduced elements of chaos and unpredictability in U.S. government activity. … Trump’s problem is not etiquette: It is dishonesty, stupidity and incompetence.”—Kevin Williamson, National Review.
  • “Biden is a good man. Trump is not.”—Gen. Michael Hayden, former NSA director.
  • “Purdue deeply regrets and accepts responsibility for the misconduct detailed by the Justice Department in the agreed statement of facts.”—Steve Miller, chairman of Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, on Purdue’s negotiated $8.3 billion settlement deal over its marketing of the addictive painkiller.
  • “When you have 99.9 percent doing it correctly, that’s not bad.”—Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Craig Latimer, on the status of mail ballots.

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