* “Russian leaders are behaving in exactly the same way, like Hitler, like the German SS, like the German pilots of the fascist army during World War II.”–Polish President Andrzej Duda.
* “This is one of those decisive moments for an American leader that defines their legacy internationally.”–NYU presidential historian Timothy Naftali.
* “Any people, and particularly the Russian people, will always be able to tell the patriots from the scum and traitors and spit them out like a midge that accidentally flew into their mouths.”–Russian President Vladimir Putin.
* “Weeks ago, the world trembled at Russian power. Mr. Putin is no longer the master chess player; he’s the great and powerful Wizard of Oz hiding behind a curtain.”–Douglas London, former CIA operations officer and author of “The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence.”
* “Republicans and Democrats have put aside differences on climate change and voting rights for an enemy who appears to have emerged from Cold War central casting.”–Thomas Meaney, Humboldt University (Berlin) history professor.
* “By accelerating our transition to cheap and abundant renewable fuels, we can address two grave threats to the planet at once: the climate-warming, air-polluting menace of hydrocarbons and the dictators who rule their supply.”–Farhad Manjoo, New York Times.
* “My North Star is the consideration of the properrole of a judge. … Judges should not be speaking to political issues.”–SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson.
* “You did not get here because of some left-wing agenda. … You got here how every black woman in America who’s gotten anywhere has done. By being, like Ginger Rogers said, ‘I did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards, in heels.’”–Senate Judiciary Committee member Cory Booker, D-N.J.
* “Judge Jackson’s first task will be to figure out how to wield influence without wielding power.”–Columbia University law professor Jamal Greene.
* “It took me a long time to find my voice. But having found it, I’m not going to shut up. … There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other.”–The late Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state.
* “(Madeleine Albright) never stopped pushing the envelope for freedom and democracy, including cajoling sometimes skeptical generals and diplomats to see human rights as a national security imperative. …Madeleine understood that American power is the only thing standing between the rules-based global order and the rule of the sword.”–Hillary Clinton.
* “From criminalizing protest, to banning books, concepts and even words from schools, to using executive power in new repressive ways—the Right continues to be an extreme and growing authoritarian threat in today’s United States.”–Branko Marcetic, Jacobin.
* “If we conclude that it is appropriate to move more aggressively by raising the federal funds rate by more than 25 basis points at a meeting or meetings, we will do so.”–Fed Reserve chairman Jerome Powell, underscoring the Fed’s willingness to take additional measures to ease demand and curb record inflation.
* “‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ is not an acceptable strategy for the Thomases’ (Clarence and Ginni) marriage.”–Judicial ethicist Stephen Gillers.
* “We don’t ask for spring break. We don’t promote it. We don’t encourage it. We just endure it.”–Miami Beach Mayor Dan Gelber.
* “We’re a destination now. We’re on the radar of every corporate relocation, every real estate transaction, every private equity fund.”—Former Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn.
* “We’ve always said as long as (the Rays) are in the Tampa Bay area, that’s a win for everyone. But, clearly the preference would be to have them in our backyard.”–Tampa Mayor Jane Castor.
* “We’re thrilled NuMedTechs has chosen to establish its U.S. operations in Tampa and conduct life-saving research and development here.”—Tampa Bay Economic Development Council chairman James Nozar. NuMedTechs, with roots in Canada, is basing its first research office in downtown Tampa.
* “I think our strength and unity is because we are a metropolitan university, and we have greater opportunities than many of our brothers and sister universities across the state.”–USF President elect Rhea Law.