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A compilation of quotations on a variety of issues by national, state and regional writers, well-known personalities, just plain everyday people and from various publications collected by the editors of THE ADVANCE.

Quotes for our Times:

Walter Curt, Ohio-based investigative journalist and founder of the popular Substack The W.C. Dispatch: Stop panicking—we elected a president, not a coward.

The republic is not a “small fry country,” and the man in the Oval Office is no shrinking violet. Iranian generals now peer upward wondering which invisible wing will silence their next radar dish. That is strategic deterrence in action. Relax, patriots. The skies are ours, the initiative is ours, and the future is ours if we have the backbone to claim it. The only thing President Trump has betrayed is the enemy’s confidence—and that betrayal is the kind every MAGA voter should cheer.

Byron York, chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner: A decade ago, the start of the Trump Era.

The experience of 2015-16 should have made Trump's media adversaries a little more circumspect in their pronouncements. It didn't. Instead, their early mocking of Trump led to years of full-scale rhetorical combat between the new president and the journalists who covered him. Now, some in the media are trying to suppress their instinct to engage in battle with Trump and instead understand what he is doing and what his supporters think about it. For many, it is still a very, very difficult task. But it is the right thing to do.

Matt Vespa, Senior Editor at Townhall.com: What a deranged anti-ICE clown screamed as she tried to block a bus full of illegals was totally insane.

Delaney Hall, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Facility in Newark, NJ, has been under constant siege by left-wing activists. … The facility houses some of the worst illegal aliens in the country, from MS-13 members to child rapists, but these progressives want all these animals to be released back onto our streets. As one bus load tried to leave, these deranged anti-ICE leftists got in front of the vehicle and screamed, “Let my people go,” before being scraped off by federal agents.

These people care more about criminal illegal aliens than citizens, which explains the insane commentaries from national Democrats— this is their base. Behold and look away, folks.

Sean Duffy, the 20th U.S. Secretary of Transportation: Take a Great American Road Trip and rediscover our amazing country.

Families are now better equipped to hit the road, thanks to lower gas prices, reduced inflation, and a renewed sense of American optimism under President Donald Trump’s leadership. At the Department of Transportation, we’re also eliminating burdensome regulations, such as Biden-era mileage standards, to make car ownership more affordable. No family should be priced out of owning a vehicle or exploring our beautiful country.

I’ve taken road trips with my own family— cooler packed with snacks, long playlists, windows streaked with bug splatter, kids pointing out shapes in the clouds. Away from our routines, we reconnected and bonded— to each other, to the places we passed, and to the people we met. We learned things we hadn’t expected, not just about the country, but about ourselves.