* “By joining NATO, Finland strengthens its own security and assumes its responsibility. … (Finland wants) to take care of the practical questions arising from being a neighbor of Russia in a correct and professional manner.”–Sauli Ninistro, president of Finland, which shares a 810-mile long border with Russia.
* “We believe that Russia should be officially recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism.”–Ukraine President Zolodymyr Zelenskyy.
* “We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kind of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.”–Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
* “They’re not conducting a legitimate investigation.”–House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, on subpoenas issued to him and others by the Jan. 6 insurrection committee—and why they haven’t felt compelled to cooperate.
* “Would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades.”–Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the impact of eliminating the right to access abortion services.
* “What we are calling for is a total ban, no exceptions. We don’t think abortion is ever necessary to save the life of the mother.”–Matt Sande, legislative director of Pro-Life Wisconsin. Yes, he really said that.
* “What happened at the Court is tremendously bad. I wonder how long we’re going to have these institutions at the rate we’re undermining them.”–SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas, on the leak of the Roe v. Wade draft opinion.
* “There is a real movement to suppress the expression of anything that opposes the secular orthodoxy.”–Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, 2021.
* “The Founding Fathers would be less surprised that there’s a popular musical about Alexander Hamilton than they would be that, in an age of space travel, the internet and in vitro fertilization, the majority of the Court is relying on a literal interpretation of a document conceived in the agrarian 1780s.”–Maureen Dowd, New York Times.
* “The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.”–The late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-N.Y.
* “It might be a game-changer.”–Marty Newell, coordinator for Rural Broadband Policy at the Center for Rural Strategies in Whitesburg, Ky., on President Biden’s announcement of discounted internet service for low-income Americans.
* “The aggressive, disruptive and unforgiving mindset that characterizes so much of our politics has found a home in many American churches.”–Peter Wehner, The Atlantic.
* “The fight over congressional districts now shifts from the statehouse to the courthouse.”–Ben Diamond, a St. Petersburg Democrat and a member of the Florida House.