* “We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and godlike technology.”–Sociobiologist E.O. Wilson.
* “This nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.”–President John F. Kennedy.
* “It’s the epitome of dumbness to criticize the Smithsonian for dealing with the reality of slavery in America.”–Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley.
* “Geopolitical tensions, high volatility in the tariff environment, as well as sudden changes in trade restrictions seem to have become the new normal.”–Siemens Chief Executive Roland Busch.
* “The world can tell the difference now between a war being waged for the survival of the Jewish state and a war being waged for the political survival of its prime minister.”–Thomas Friedman, NYT.
* “There will be no Palestinian state.”–Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
* “Together, we will make DC safe again!”–Attorney General Pam Bondi.
* “We should not have to live in a country where the government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish and appears to work a low-wage job.”–SCOTUS Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
* “Justice and accountability are not favors from the powerful. They are obligations decades overdue.”–Epstein-abuse survivor Jesse Michaels.
* “In the United States of America, we must reject political violence in every form.” California Gov. Gavin Newsom, on the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk.
* “I see a dangerous transformation: Instead of using data to determine how to govern, the administration is manipulating, ignoring and jettisoning data altogether.”–Texas A&M University Law Professor Hannah Bloch-Wehba.
* “This is the most radical redesign of how we manufacture cars since the Model T.”—Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley, on Ford’s plans to sell more affordable cars by lowering the cost of electric vehicle components.
* “I would say that Billy Beane invented ‘moneyball,’ and then Stu (Sternberg) and his group perfected it.”–Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio.