Quoteworthy

* “A people who mean to be their own Governors, must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”—President James Madison.

* “Forgiving serves to undo the deeds of the past, whose ‘sins’ hang like Damocles’ sword over every new generation.”—Hannah Arendt.

* “In terms of security, our asymmetrical advantage as Americans has always been our strong international network of alliances and partners.”–Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral William McQuilkin.

* “History shows that the consequences of entering conflicts without defined objectives or a realistic plan to conclude them cost our nation dearly.”—U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor.

* “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”—President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

* “The refund process is likely to be a mess.”—Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh on what ultimately results from SCOTUS striking down President Trump’s import tariffs.

* “No man ever forgets—where he buried the hatchet.”—Ogden Nash.

* “Donald Trump’s administration wants to silence anyone who says anything bad about Trump on TV because all Trump does is watch TV.”—CBS’s Stephen Colbert.

* “The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.”—Margaret Thatcher.

* “If we want change, we must be agents of change.”—Laila Lalani, author of “Conditional Citizens.”

* “There’s that proverb ‘It takes a village to raise a child.’ I think we’ve learned that it takes a very powerful network to abuse so many children.”—Anand Giridharadas, author of “Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World.”

* “They put (Ashley) Moody in the Senate to be a ‘yes’ vote for Trump and the billionaires. She’s not Florida’s senator. She’s theirs.”—Retired Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, a Democrat and the whistleblower who triggered Donald Trump’s first impeachment, who is now challenging Moody for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Marco Rubio.

* “I’m excited to update our History of Communism standards detailing the fall of the Maduro regime.”—Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas.

* “Let’s go from being that rising star to being the star.”—USF’s new president, Moez Limayem.

* “Major League Baseball belongs in Tampa Bay.”—MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred.

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