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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:

Abraham George, Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas: Why America must put citizens first over H-1B visas.

As an immigrant who came the right way, I believe every new arrival should carry the same mentality: work hard, never depend on handouts, and honor the principles that made America great. My mom and dad worked manual labor for close to three decades. While alive, my mom made around $500 a month in Social Security, and my dad now makes around $650 a month. Then I hear about incidents where people are making over $2,000 in Social Security who haven’t worked a single day in their lives—people who came here on a visiting visa, converted their status to permanent, and then applied for disability. These are loopholes being abused by people who do not have the best interest of our nation at heart. They must be stopped.

Matt Vespa, Senior Editor at Townhall.com: Yes, this Politico headline about Trump's health is real…and beyond embarrassing.

Really, Politico? That’s the headline you went with regarding President Donald Trump’s health, which was a conspiracy theory push by crackpot liberals on social media. In case you missed it, some were wondering, and likely hoping, that Trump was either dead or suffering from a severe health emergency because we hadn’t seen him in days.

There’s this thing called Labor Day weekend, you demented clowns. He was powering down. He played a round of golf over the weekend, ending the gross speculation, but it’s funny that Politico’s headline on the matter was “Trump denies he’s dead.'

Liz Peek, Fox News contributor: Trump beats Democrats on every issue. Now, he should school them on education.

But more can be done. For instance, the president must encourage the continued expansion of school choice. Since 2021, 11 GOPled states controlled by Republican legislatures have adopted policies giving parents a choice of schooling, including public, private, charter or home-based education options. Increased competition will raise standards; public schools will no longer get a free pass. …

Randi Weingarten, the powerful head of the American Federation of Teachers, was recently spotted wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words 'Protect our Kids.' That’s where she’s wrong; they are not her kids, they are ours.

Pastor Corey Brooks, founder and Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Church of Chicago and the CEO of Project H.O.O.D.: Our leaders abandoned Chicago. Trump is right: It's time to call in the Guard.

We don’t have any further to slide downward. We are at rock bottom. Our left-wing mayor and governor, who value virtue-signaling and diversity over real solutions, are not going to help. So I don’t have a problem with Trump sending in the troops.

At the same time, I must say that I see the National Guard as only a temporary fix. I see it as the equivalent of getting a heroin addict into rehab. … When the soldiers leave, the same old conditions remain, and the cycle of violence resumes.