* “Man’s emergence from his self-imposed immaturity.”—How Immanuel Kant defined the Enlightenment.
* “It is clear they (ICE) are not welcome in Milan, without a doubt.”—Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala.
* “At some point, I believe the reality is that security comes from military capability, but even more from relationships, alliances, mature diplomacy and credibility on the world stage.”—Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who formerly ran the Joint Special Operations Command
* “Numerous federal judges have ruled against Trump, but they are in the position of trying to put out a house fire with bottles of San Pellegrino.”—Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune.
* “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it’s faced.”— James Baldwin.
* “Today, roughly 70% of Americans say they don’t believe in the American dream. … Absent that shared vision of possibility, people revert to a tribal, us-versus-them morality.”—David Brooks, The Atlantic.
* “It’s just been accepted that masked policing isn’t consistent with a democratic society.”—Radley Balko, author of “Rise Of The Warrior Cop.”
* “If, as Martin Luther King promised, the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice, we could use some more torque these days.”—Ron Charles, WaPo.
* “Democrats need a majority that lasts, like the New Deal coalition.”—David Plouffe, former Obama campaign manager and senior adviser in Kamala Harris’s 2024 presidential bid.
* “The Epstein files have turned a lot of the base against Trump. They’re not happy with Bondi.”—Jake Hoffman, executive director of the Tampa Bay Young Republicans.
* “They put (Ashley) Moody in the Senate to be a ‘yes’ vote for Trump and the billionaires. She’s not Florida’s senator. She’s theirs.”—Retired Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, a Democrat and the whistleblower who triggered Donald Trump’s first impeachment, who is now challenging Moody for the U.S. senate seat previously held by Marco Rubio.
* “I’m excited to update our History of Communism standards detailing the fall of the Maduro regime.”—Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas.
* “We’re supportive of (the Rays) pursuing that (Hillsborough College mixed-use development) partnership, because I think it could be good for them. I think it could be good for the state, but I definitely think it could be really good for this region.”—Gov. Ron DeSantis.
* “No matter your political stripes, no one wants to see a reckless, Gestapo-like force harassing innocent Americans. That’s why I did not vote to approve the Department of Homeland Security funding bill. … We will celebrate America’s 250th birthday this year—a time that we can recommit to standing up for our values.”—Congresswoman Kathy Castor.
* “Major League Baseball belongs in Tampa Bay.”—MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred.