Emmanuel Macron

There he goes again.

— Ronald Reagan during the 1980 presidential campaign, referring to Jimmy Carter's predictability

This is not a show. We are talking about war and peace and the lives of men and women.

— Emmanuel Macron, speaking to journalists on arrival in South Korea for a state visit

The conference should send the signal that passage through the Strait of Hormuz will, in the future as well, remain free of tolls or charges.

— British Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper, in Berlin, ahead of the Hormuz Strait conference

"full Economic Might of the United States"— Donald Trump (via Truth Social), promising to aid Viktor Orban with the full Economic Might of the United States.

You have not complied with the obligations of the media law. If you accuse me here of violations of the law, then it is like a shoplifter calling for the police.

— Peter Magyar, speaking in interviews with Kossuth Radio and later on the state TV channel M1, responding to questions about alleged breaches of media law in reporting

The lies linking me with the disgraceful Jeffrey Epstein need to end today.

— Melania Trump, reading a statement and declining to take questions from reporters at the White House Grand Foyer.

We should not just be passive in this new disorder. We have to build a new order.

— Emmanuel Macron, during a speech to university students in South Korea

Ultimately failed to gain the trust of the Iranian delegation in this round of negotiations.

— Comment on U.S.–Iran talks in Islamabad by Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf.

The reason we were given was that it was due to sustained pressure from the US, including a threat to boycott the G7 Summit, Magwenya said. Therefore, they couldn’t risk missing a key member of the G7, hence the withdrawal of their invitation, which President Macron personally extended to President Ramaphosa last year during the G20 summit here in Johannesburg.

— Vincent Magwenya, South Africa's Presidency spokesperson, speaking to Daily Maverick