* “(Putin) perceives this as a war he cannot afford to lose. But what he might be willing to accept as a victory may change over time given the significant costs he is incurring.”–Avril Haines, director of national intelligence.
* “Moscow’s multiple brutal stabs into Urkraine are revitalizing the NATO military alliance as nothing else ever has. EU nations are openly discussing increasing military budgets. … Popular opinion in Europe, and around the world, is squarely in the Ukrainian camp.”–Robert Bruce Adolph, former U.N. security chief.
* “Just as the West is rightfully opening its arms to Ukrainian refugees, it must also accept Russians who are against Mr. Putin’s rule and support them in continuing their opposition from abroad.”–Sophie Pinkham, author of “Black Square: Adventures in Post-Soviet Ukraine.”
* “Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.”–Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his video address to the U.S. Congress.
* “A nuclear super power but an economic piker.”–Jonah Goldberg, The Dispatch, referring to Russia.
* “China has to make a (Russia-Ukraine) decision for themselves, about where they want to stand and how they want the history books to look at them and view their actions.”–White House press secretary Jen Psaki.
* “The actions of armed criminal groups have had a catastrophic impact on the economy of Haiti and threaten the fundamental rights of all Haitian citizens, especially to their rights to life, freedom of movement, work, health care and education.”–U.N. Security Council report.
* “The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets.”–Will Rodgers.
* “In the U.S., teachers are facing a well-orchestrated political campaign by the far-right to limit the teaching of certain subjects and perspectives in public schools, all in the name of a ‘patriotism’ that is manifestly hostile to a multi-ethnic and multi-racial democracy and a well-educated citizenry.”–Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.
* “I think Republicans should tread very lightly here. Judge Jackson went to Harvard for undergrad, Harvard for law, clerked on the Supreme Court, and she’s been a federal judge for almost a decade and before that she was a serious lawyer.”–Mike Davis, who heads the Article III Project, a conservative judicial advocacy group, in reference to Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
* “I think that our strength and unity is because we are a metropolitan university, and we have greater opportunities than many of our brothers and sister universities across the state.”–Interim USF President Rhea Law.