* “Never again? Try telling Ukraine that.”–Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
* “We’ll let the lawyers decide internationally whether or not (the term ‘genocide’) qualifies, but it sure seems that way to me.”–President Joe Biden.
* “The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put a premium on energy security, and one of the huge advantages of nuclear is that it is, very largely, home grown.”–UK Energy Minister Greg Hands.
* “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no such right is implicitly protected by any constitutional provision.”–U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, in his draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade.
* “(A) singular and egregious (breach of trust).”–Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts on the leak of Justice Alito’s Roe v. Wade draft opinion.
* “Abortion attitudes are polarized by party identity.”–Julie A. Wronski, associate professor of policitcal science at the University of Mississippi.
* “If the next group of justices can overturn settled law that is widely popular and accepted even by judges as ‘the law of the land,’ what is the point of the Supreme Court?’”–S.E. Cupp, CNN.
* “There is no clear path toward a legislative restoration of abortion rights, no politician who can be the white knight, and solutions like court packing and abolishing the filibuster seem impossible. That’s precisely why people need to take to the streets.”--Jay Caspian Kang, author of “The Loneliest Americans.”
* “The culture wars are a response to the conflict between the secularization of society and the values many Americans still adhere to.”–Lynn Schmidt, STLtoday.com.
* “The Republican Party’s ‘outrage machine’ is more interested in ‘canceling’ leftist views, stoking controversy and scoring political points than in protecting free speech and academic freedom.”–William F. Felice, professor-emeritus of political science at Eckerd College.
* “The labor market is still very much a job seeker’s market. Something dramatic will have to happen for this to change anytime soon.”–Nick Bunker, director of economic research at Indeed Hiring Lab.
* “Anytime prayer is compulsory or coercive in a public context, it can violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment, which forbids the state from favoring one faith over another (or no faith at all). But it also violates the spirit of prayer itself.”–Randall Balmer, author of “Solemn Reverence: The Separation of Church and State in American Life.”
* “We see a decade where between 50,000 and 100,000 satellites are going to be launched by 2030. And, we want to try to capture a lion’s share of those out of Florida.”–Space Florida President and CEO Frank DiBello.
* “For many people, philanthropy becomes the center of their social lives. It creates a community and gives donors a sense of belonging.”–Teri Hansen, president of the Barancik Foundation, which has given away $100 million to local art institutions in the Sarasota area.