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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:

Amy Curtis, purveyor of epic Twitter rants and awesome Townhall content: East Harlem grocers push back on Mamdani's commie grocery store plan. As many have pointed out, other cities have tried this, and it's failed. In Kansas City, the government-run grocery store is plagued with thefts, has empty shelves, and what's left is often rotten or spoiled. We have no reason to suspect the same thing won't happen in NYC, where crimes like shoplifting largely go unpunished.

And here's what will happen. The governmentrun grocery store will drive some of these other stores out of business, then the governmentrun grocery store will fail, and Democrats will start screaming about 'food deserts' and the need to spend more government money on more doomed-to-fail government grocery stores. Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Jonathan Turley, Fox News Media contributor and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University: Justice Jackson just showed why Democrats are desperate to pack the Supreme Court. What is even more chilling than Jackson's jurisprudence is the fact that she is often cited as the model for Democrats seeking to pack the court with an instant majority if they retake power. This and other Jackson judicial dissents show why Democrats are so confident that packing the court will yield lasting control of the government. Jackson recently told ABC News that 'I have a wonderful opportunity to tell people in my opinions how I feel about the issues, and that’s what I try to do.' For some of her colleagues, that cathartic benefit is coming at too high a cost for the court.

Hugh Hewitt, Fox News contributor and host of 'The Hugh Hewitt Show': Dems' Bernie-backed oyster farmer hands Susan Collins a massive 2026 advantage. Collins and Platner could not be more different. It is possible that 'normal' and welcoming Maine wants a radical, verbal bomb-throwing extremist as its next senator. But I don’t think so. It’s rare to have a Susan Collins represent your state from positions of power and influence and do so with class and humility. To trade that in for a death’s skull and online bigotry doesn’t seem like a bet Mainers are going to make, no matter how many millions of dollars the Antifa-adjacent pour into the race from the far-left spread across the country.

Pastor Corey Brooks, founder and Senior Pastor of New Beginnings Church of Chicago and the CEO of Project H.O.O.D.: Dads aren’t optional — and America’s kids are paying the brutal price. Fathers matter. Fathers are not disposable. To be a father is one of the highest callings a man can have on this earth. To be a father means you are responsible for the lives you bring into this world. You created life, and it is your duty to mold that life into a mind capable of character, courage and real freedom. The shame is that we have allowed ideological forces to weaken this sacred bond and call it progress. The first step back is simple: Tell the truth. Fathers matter, and our children cannot flourish without them.