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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:

Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-inchief of Forbes Media: Drive out wealth, then beg — Hochul’s New York in a nutshell.

Hochul’s appeal to wealthy taxpayers inadvertently underscores a dangerous dependency. A fiscal system that relies so heavily on a small number of high earners is inherently fragile. When those taxpayers leave, as many already have, the entire structure begins to wobble.

If the governor is serious about keeping successful, productive people in New York, the solution isn’t to beg them to return. It’s to make the state worth staying in. …

The wealthy won’t return because they’re asked. They’ll return when New York once again earns their investment.

Joe Abraham, the father of Katie Abraham, who was killed in a drunken-driving accident by an illegal alien: My daughter was killed, and I warned sanctuary city policies would cost lives again.

Another young life lost. Another family forever changed. Another moment in which we are forced to ask questions that should already have answers.

How many warnings does it take? How many families have to suffer before we are willing to confront the reality that something is broken?

I don’t pretend to have every solution. But I know this: ignoring the problem will not make it go away. Dismissing these tragedies as isolated incidents will not prevent the next one.

If anything, it guarantees it. To the family now living through this: my heart is with you. I know the shock, the anger, the unbearable grief. I know the questions that will keep you up at night. And I am so deeply sorry that the warnings came too late to spare you.

We owe it to them — and to every family — to do better.

Liz Peek, Fox News contributor: Voters tell Congress 'do your job' and end the DHS showdown.

Meanwhile, the American public is nearing the boiling point, furious at both parties for not resolving the DHS funding roadblock. Some Republicans (of the RINO variety, like Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski) are ready to cave to Democrat demands and provide funding for the TSA and other non-ICE agencies. Texas Senator Ted Cruz has a better idea, which is to fund the TSA, FEMA and the Coast Guard immediately and to create another budget reconciliation bill which could pass later in the year in order to secure money for ICE.

Republicans should follow Cruz’ suggestion. They can use the reconciliation process to achieve other high priority objectives, including providing funding for the SAVE Act. Using the reconciliation approach, which permitted the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill, allows the narrow GOP majority to bypass the filibuster problem, and get on with the nation’s work.

That’s a win-win, and that’s what the country wants right now.