* “Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.”—Theodore Roosevelt.
* “God grant that men of principle be our principal men.”—Thomas Jefferson.
* “Our people have fought and fallen together in defense of the values we cherish.”—British King Charles.
* “(Venezuela is) not a colony, but a free country.”—Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodriguez.
* “A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”—Oscar Wilde.
* “Nothing is more the mark of a mean and petty spirit than to love riches.”—Cicero.
* “Exposure to sniper attack is an unavoidable part of every active president’s position.”—President John F. Kennedy, as recalled by his WH counselor Ted Sorensen.
* “Most economists will acknowledge that technological progress can cause some adjustment problems in the short run. What is rarely noted is that the short run can be a lifetime.”—Oxford economist Carl Benedikt Frey.
* “For too long, Black employees in the tech industry have faced barriers that limit opportunity.”—Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, after Google settled a racial discrimination lawsuit.
* “Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt.”—Herbert Hoover.
* “Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”—Albert Einstein.
* “The Florida GOP’s mid-decade redistricting gambit reveals a troubling truth about American democracy: Voters oppose partisan gerrymandering in principle but tolerate it in practice when their side benefits.”—University of Florida political science Professor Daniel A. Smith.
* “I love St. Petersburg. It’s a wonderful city. … But I think that the dynamics of baseball need to be in Tampa.”—Wade Boggs.
* “Money doesn’t win eleck back on and say, ‘this was a pivotal moment in Tampa’s history.’”—Tampa City Council member Alan Clendenin, on council’s approval of $35 million for Ybor Harbor, a re-development project in a largely industrial zone between Ybor City and the Channel District.
* “A city doesn’t become strong by accident. It becomes strong because people invest in it—their time, their work and their lives. And our responsibility is to match that investment.”—Tampa Mayor Jane Castor.
* “We could not be more fired up to have this home that we’ve waited on for our entire lives.”—USF CEO of Athletics Rob Higgins, on the progress of USF’s new on-campus stadium scheduled to debut in September 2027.tions. People win elections.”—Bob Buckhorn.