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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:

Yair Lapid served as Israel’s prime minister, and is currently the leader of the opposition: It’s time for democracies to exit.

We need a U.N. of democracies. I suggest calling it DAWN — the Democratic Alliance for World Nations — though perhaps something less poetic would do. We don’t need to reinvent its goals. We just need to clarify the terms of membership: a commitment to democracy; a willingness to confront authoritarian leaders who make a mockery of everything we hold sacred; and a focus on fighting the great threats of our age — terrorism, religious fanaticism, fake news, nuclear weapons in the hands of reckless regimes, and the abuse of democratic mechanisms by those who despise democracy itself.

Matt Vespa, Senior Editor at Townhall.com: We're back to this stuff again?

Why are we doing this? And it’s not even the Democrats who signed off on it — this was a House Republican initiative. We’re re-investigating the January 6 riot. Yes, you read that right.

Oh, Ms. Crockett is being tapped for this circus, too? Why are we doing this? We don’t need it. And I get that this committee might be run by us and could scrutinize the political sideshow that was led by House Democrats, it’s not something we need right now. Sure, the content from Crockett going nuts on the dais might be gold, but some reboots are not needed. Some remakes are unwarranted. Not everything needs to be retconned.

Alexander Hall, associate editor for Fox News Digital: Leavitt blasts 'many outlets in this room' at briefing for failing to cover murder of Iryna Zarutska.

[White House press secretary Karoline] Leavitt argued that Democrats in North Carolina and nationwide are pushing a 'soft-oncrime agenda' that leaves innocent Americans vulnerable.

'These reckless policies have turned too many of America's cities into hunting grounds for career criminals who mock our justice system, drain law enforcement resources, and wreak havoc on law-abiding citizens,' she said. 'Enough is enough.'

Numerous news outlets have gotten around to covering her murder this week, although some are framing their coverage as conservatives and Republicans trying to take advantage of the situation politically.

Pastor Corey Brooks, founder and Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Church of Chicago and the CEO of Project H.O.O.D.: Chicago's killing fields: Activists cry about Trump while families bury kids.

I am immensely proud of the work that my Project H.O.O.D. violence impact team has done on the streets in my South Side neighborhood, but I have long known that one death is too many.

If it takes the intervention of an outside military force to come in and, most importantly, arrest the criminals, then so be it. The far worse option is listening to Mayor Johnson, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and the protesters on the street whose continued inaction in favor of racial gamesmanship will only lead to more deaths.