* “They were willing to de-nuke.”–Donald Trump at his post-summit news conference.
* “I do trust him.”–Donald Trump in reference to Kim Jong-un.
* “It makes sense if you think about it: A wannabe dictator who took over the family business from a dictatorial father talking to a real dictator who took over the family business from a dictatorial father.”–Maureen Dowd, New York Times.
* “There is, indeed, a case for disruption and breaking the rules of international engagement. But to put it bluntly: When do we start winning?”–Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal.
* “The G-7 should be our preferred venue to unify the free world to compete with and counter authoritarian kleptocracies. Rather than prepare for that real battle, we’re distracted in a family dispute.”–Damon Wilson, vice president of the Atlantic Council and former national security adviser to President George W. Bush.
* “I think people who lock horns with the president need to understand what the limits are in terms of their ability to win elections.”–Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas.
* “It’s becoming a cultish thing, isn’t it?”–Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in characterizing the Republican Party’s identification with Donald Trump.
* “Trump is king, and the party has a suicide pact. … But it’s clear primary voters disagree.”–Republican consultant Mike Murphy.
* “When you answer name-calling with name-calling and tantrums with tantrums, you’re not resisting (Trump). You’re mirroring him. You’re not diminishing him. You’re demeaning yourselves. Many voters don’t hear your arguments or the facts, which are on your side. They just wince at the din.”–Frank Bruni, New York Times.
* “I say, very strongly, it’s the Democrats’ fault. The United States will not be a migrant camp, and it will not be a refugee holding facility. We want safety and we want security.”–Donald Trump.
* “Having children does not give you immunity from arrest and prosecution.”–Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
* “This is not a zero tolerance policy. This is a zero humanity policy, and we can’t let it go on.”–Oregon Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley.
* “The GOP is in a tough spot. The hardcore Trump voter has a different point of view than the ever-important independent voter, and there doesn’t seem to be a middle ground.”–Republican pollster Frank Luntz on the possibility of voter backlash over immigration.
* “When it comes to politics, most people don’t want to be addressed as members of a demographic group looking for a payout. They want to be addressed as Americans.”–Christopher Buskirk, editor and publisher of the journal American Greatness.
* “The economy is in great shape.”–Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.
* “We received the earth as a garden-home from the Creator. Let us not pass it on to future generations as a wilderness.”–Pope Francis.
* “To those who contemplate suicide, realize the world won’t be better for your absence. There will be a child, spouse or parent, a colleague or co-worker, neighbor or friend who will miss you more than you know.”–Political analyst and former President George W. Bush adviser Karl Rove.
* “We want people engaged with their mobile devices all day watching movies and video.”–Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T, which recently received District Court approval of its acquisition of Time Warner.
* “The circuit court judge recognized the Legislature was wrong when they spent Amendment 1 funds on existing operating expenses instead of new parks, restoration and protecting conservation lands.”–Aliki Moncrief, executive director of the Florida Conservation Voters, after a Leon County Circuit Court Judge Charles Dodson ruled that state lawmakers failed to comply with a voter-approved constitutional amendment to buy and preserve environmentally sensitive lands.
* “Florida typically outperforms the nation in terms of job growth year-in and year-out unless real estate gets overbuilt and comes crashing down.”–Wells Fargo economist Mark Vitner, in commenting on Florida’s unemployment rate dipping to 3.8 percent, the lowest in nearly 18 years.
* “We see nothing to suggest the (Trump) administration’s policy direction on Cuba travel has impacted our bookings.”–Brad Hawkins, spokesman for Southwest Airlines, which offers daily flights from Tampa to Havana.
* “Bring me a petition. I’m ready to sign.”–Mayor Bob Buckhorn, responding to the announcement that a citizens’ group will be gathering signatures for a county transit-tax initiative.
* “No reason why we shouldn’t have a good sense of where things are headed by year’s end.”–Rays principal owner Stu Sternberg on Ybor City-site, stadium discussions.