* “Please, please, let us not get used to war.”–Pope Francis.
* “In my 31 years as a humanitarian, I have rarely seen so much damage caused in so little time.”–Manuel Fontaine, emergency programs director for UNICEF.
* “The U.N. is supposed to stand for something good and noble. Removing Putin’s Russia from its permanent seat on the Security Council would go a long way toward making that mean something.”–Robert Bruce Adolph, author of “Surviving the United Nations: The Unexpected Challenge.”
* “If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.”–Francis Bacon.
* “The world is not converging anymore; it’s diverging. The process of globalization has slowed and, in some cases, even kicked into reverse. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights these trends.”–David Brooks, NYT.
* “What Americans have lost … what Republicans have trashed in pursuit of power is the willingness and ability to share a common national identity.”–Leonard Pitts, Miami Herald.
* “It would be a disaster if they went out of business. There’s a real fear that without this book chain, the print business would be way off.”–Literary agent Jane Dystel, in reference to Barnes & Noble.
* “We need to recognize that the need to serve the common good vastly outweighs the regulatory opportunities for competitive advantage.”–Microsoft President Brad Smith.
* “When I am governor, I will declare a housing state of emergency—because that’s precisely what we are facing in the state of Florida. I will also immediately work to repeal the state law which pre-empts local governments from targeting price-gouging landlords.”–Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, a Democrat, who is running for governor.
* “(DeSantis’) goal is to eliminate minority access seats to build more Republican domination in Congress to give himself an advantage going into the presidency by having more Republicans from Florida in Congress. Everything is about what is good for Ron DeSantis and his election.”–State Rep. Kelly Skidmore, the ranking Democrat on the House congressional redistricting committee.
* “In Florida alone, 91 percent of children and their families would lose out if the expanded child tax credit is not extended; and 700,000 children would be at risk of sliding back back below the poverty line or deeper into poverty.”–State Sen. Janet Cruz, D-Tampa.