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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:

Byron York, chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner: Can Trump cut through fog and focus on Iran goal?

President Donald Trump says he finds it insulting to hear critics say he does not have a plan to win the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. 'People say he doesn't have a plan,' Trump told reporters Monday. 'I have the best plan of all, but I'm not going to tell you what my plan is.'

David Marcus, columnist for Fox News Digital: In Trump's Department of War, it's soldiers — not experts — calling the shots.

Whatever the ultimate outcome in Iran, one thing is already certain: no nation on Earth, no foe, can assume, as they did under the Department of Defense, that the U.S. military will simply block punches without landing any.

After decades of civilian experts and mild-mannered generals giving America a kinder and gentler military, warfighting is back, and whether the United States of America is loved around the world or not, it absolutely will be feared.

Hugh Hewitt, Fox News contributor and host of 'The Hugh Hewitt Show': Will President Trump go full Sherman in the war on Iran?

Trump’s critics are legion, and they are especially enraged when he posts what they conclude to be vulgar and unnecessarily provocative posts. What the impact of those posts are on the IRGC we cannot know. Eventually we will. In the meantime, Iran’s people yearn for a freedom that only Trump can deliver and probably only through hard measures.

Pastor Corey Brooks, founder and Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Church of Chicago and the CEO of Project H.O.O.D.: Chicago's deadly sanctuary madness is costing innocent Americans their lives.

I want to welcome free thinkers who understand that safety is not optional and that no community can thrive when certain criminals are placed above the citizens they prey upon. American principles demand equal justice under the law, not justice for some and leniency for others based on political correctness.

To the families of Katie Abraham and Sheridan Gorman, my heart breaks with yours. I am praying for you and standing with you. And to every leader in my city of Chicago who still defends these sanctuary policies while our streets run with blood, I say, repent.

Amy Curtis, purveyor of epic Twitter rants and awesome Townhall content by day, gamer, bookworm, and cinephile by night: Secretary of War Hegseth provides Operation Epic Fury update amid two-week ceasefire.

'Iran has been a threat to the United States and the free world for 47 years,' said Hegseth. 'Chants of 'Death to America,' targeting our people, killing Americans, lying and blackmailing their way towards a nuclear weapon. So they thought. No longer. Not on our watch.'

Hegseth said Operation Epic Fury was a 'decisive military victory.'

'Iran begged for this ceasefire, and we all know it,' Hegseth continued. 'Iran wants it to happen. They've had enough.'