Assignment (law)

We are convinced that the proposed and planned form of municipalization would be unconstitutional and would not withstand judicial review.

— Vonovia SE; statement in response to Berlin's planned expropriation/municipalization of large housing companies

We have asked Ambassador Guilfoyle to resign.

— White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, during her first briefing as White House press secretary

Merz should get his own government and his party under control. That would help the country more.

— Steffen Krach (SPD), commenting on CDU Chancellor Friedrich Merz's warning about a possible left-wing coalition.

Being reliant on the productive capacity of a relatively small segment of the population to meet our country’s food needs is unsustainable. Our population is growing and with it the demand for food.

— President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his weekly letter to the nation, on the need to transform agriculture and diversify land ownership.

That ministers abuse their political power for such a smear campaign is utterly despicable and raises serious questions about their understanding of the office.

— Janis Ehling, the Left party's federal secretary-general, in a Spiegel interview about Reiche and the accusations

I am not an EFT person. Ever since they did away with cheques, I struggled.

— Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula's testimony in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, explaining why she paid cash to renovation workers instead of using electronic transfers.

Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale.

— Eric Schiff, former Navatek executive, recounting the pay-to-play scheme around Navatek's efforts to influence Congress

Germany must make it clear to international investors that private property must not be expropriated.

— Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor, at a press conference in Berlin

Well, I say first of all, what the president’s talking about is fundamentally a dividend for American workers. We’re taking in an extraordinary amount of revenue because the president of the United States is actually standing up to both foreign companies, but also foreign countries who’ve been taking advantage of America’s workers for pretty much my entire life, he attempted to explain.

— JD Vance explaining the dividend idea on Fox News as part of coverage of Trump’s plan