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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:

'Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.'

— Ronald Reagan Byron York, chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner: Democratic anger Vs. Trump accomplishment.

During this summer break, the [Wall Street] Journal reports, Democrats 'are hoping for a repeat of this spring's recess, when angry voters flooded into town-hall meetings, heckling Republican lawmakers and challenging them to do more to push back against Trump.'

Maybe so. But success changes things. And Trump has had several significant successes in his first six months in office, enough to satisfy many independent or on-the-fence voters that he is making positive contributions to the country. Of course, hard-core Democrats and their allies in the Resistance are apoplectic about Trump because they are always apoplectic about Trump. What the new poll suggests is that for Democrats, anger is just not enough.

Dave Marcus, columnist for Fox News Digital: Democrats, media betray Israel, but look who stands firm.

It is frankly baffling that so many on the left in the West want to prolong the status quo in the Middle East, to make sure both sides have just enough support that the fighting never ends, and yet, what other result can this appeasement have?

Trump understands something I learned talking to people in Israel last year: They are not going to end this war and just wait to be attacked again. Those days are over, they are not coming back.

With the support, and even sometimes guidance, of Trump, Israel will finish this fight, and when it does, it will be Trump’s vision of a new Middle East that triumphs, not the Left’s perverse desire to keep the conflict going forever.

For that, we should all be thankful.

Corey DeAngelis, senior fellow at the American Culture Project, visiting fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, and author: Teaching hate, hiding truth: NEA’s real agenda revealed in leaked handbook.

The teachers unions are destroying the public school system. Test scores are tanking, teacher morale is at historic lows, and families are fleeing. The NEA’s [National Education Association] radical handbook – erasing Jews from history, pushing racial quotas, and attacking homeschooling – shows it’s part of the problem. The STUDENT Act can force the NEA to refocus on students or fade away. Congress must pass this bill, leverage the charter, and end the NEA’s reign as a partisan cartel.

The handbook is out there for the world to see, NEA. You can run, but you can’t hide.