- “Our job is now just not to forget.”—Gen. Austin S. Miller, who stepped down as the top American general in Afghanistan, speaking at a farewell ceremony in Kabul.
- “We are not only partners and allies, but we are very close friends.”—German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who recently visited with President Joe Biden in Washington.
- “The only way (for America) to respond is as if the Cuban people’s lives depend on us … because they do.”—Jordan Valdes, former senior adviser in the Obama Administration.
- “Cuba Is Not Yours.”—What one group of Cuban demonstrators chanted outside the headquarters of the Communist Party of Cuba.
- “The Cuban system has no resemblance to democratic socialism, because there is nothing remotely democratic about it.”—Eugene Robinson, Washington Post.
- “Haiti’s problems cannot be solved by U.S. intervention. The United States no longer has the standing, the stomach or even the desire to impose its vision on Haiti.”—Amy Wilentz, the author of “The Rainy Season: Haiti Since Duvalier.”
- “There is nothing like this other than the 1850s, when events led inevitably to the civil war.”—Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, on the Capitol siege—as quoted in “I Alone Can Fix It” by Phil Rucker and Carol Leonnig.
- “Tariffs are taxes on consumers. In some cases it seems to me what we did hurt American consumers, and the type of deal that the prior administration negotiated really didn’t address in many ways the fundamental problems we have with China.”—Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
- “Will likely remain elevated in coming months” before “moderating.”—Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, on the state of inflation.
- “Never be afraid of failure or loss. Use it.”—Christiane Amanpour, chief international anchor for CNN.
- “The company (Facebook) has put growth and profits above all else, even when it was clear that misinformation and hate speech were circulating across the platform and that the company was violating the privacy of its users.”—The American Press Institute’s Susan Benkelman.
- “We should be as proud of those who search for alternatives to war as we are of warriors.”—Michael D. Knox, author of “Ending U.S. Wars by Honoring Americans Who Work for Peace.”
- “At a moment when we should be throwing everything we have into ensuring the planet remains habitable, billionaires are treating us to a (space) spectacle to distract us from their quest for continued capitalist accumulation and the disastrous effects it is already having.”—Paris Max, Jacobin.
- “I call on Congress to act swiftly to provide a permanent solution, a path to citizenship that will grant these ‘Dreamers’ the legal status they deserve and make official what so many of them know in their hearts: They belong here, this is their home too.”—FDP Chairman Manny Diaz, in response to a federal judge blocking new DACA applications.
- “Gov. DeSantis has ruled out COVID lockdowns and mask mandates. COVID vaccination will always be a free choice and never mandated.”—DeSantis’ press secretary Christina Pushaw.
- “What I think explains high infection rates is that we have a governor who has not taken COVID seriously, from the very beginning. You know, he’s essentially right now treating it like a joke.”—Florida Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
- “Pets can become sick from Red Tide, so keep them away from those areas.”—The Florida Department of Health.
- “The intensity of the past two years has put a strain on my health and my family.”—USF President Steve Currall, in announcing that he would be stepping down Aug. 2.
- “The key thing for renters is this kind of rent growth isn’t sustainable long-term. It can’t grow at this pace for much longer.”—Brian Alford, director of Florida market analytics for CoStar Group, a real estate data company. Tampa Bay’s average asking rent rose 15.6 percent in the first half of this year.
- “September is when we really start ratcheting up to normal activity.”—Straz Center president and CEO Judy Lisi.
“Our momentum is electric, and people want to move here so that they can be part of our success story too.”—Mayor Jane Castor.