Exile

It’s a very inexpensive price to pay for what we’ve done. Remember that. It’s a little more. It’s even—if it was, frankly, even, it was a lot more. But that’s gonna come tumbling down. That’s gonna be like a rocket ship in reverse.

— Donald Trump, at a rally for Republican Senate nominee Michael Whatley in North Carolina on Wednesday.

"I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses Black people and people of color," Kaepernick said. "To me, this is bigger than football. ... There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder. ... If they take football away from me, my endorsements from me, I know that I stood up for what is right."— Colin Kaepernick, San Francisco 49ers quarterback, kneeling protest during the national anthem on August 26, 2016

Norway is a long and sparsely populated country. But above all, Norway is its people.

— King Harald V of Norway, in a 2016 speech on inclusion

We will significantly intensify our methods to destroy everything that feeds Kyiv's war machine from the West. And we are doing this already.

— Sergej Lawrow, Russian Foreign Minister; statement about Moscow's intentions and escalation of methods

I may be killed. I may be arrested. I may be sent to prison. I am fully aware of my fate. Still, I want to go back because my people are calling me.

— Sheikh Hasina, in an AFP interview reported by Al Jazeera about her decision to return from exile

We will continue to run a fair and honest election campaign — for a ceasefire agreement, diplomacy, the achievement of peace, for freedom, for human rights and a life without fear.

— Nikolai Rybakow, chairman of the opposition party Jabloko, wrote this on Telegram, distancing the party from calls by exiled opposition while emphasizing a fair campaign.

If death comes, I want it to come on my own soil, where my parents are buried and where their blood was shed.

— Sheikh Hasina, in a Reuters interview earlier this month

When His Holiness dies, his reincarnation must be approved by the central government.

— Mao Ning, Foreign Ministry spokesperson, reiterated last July.

I will return to my country this year.

— Sheikh Hasina, in an interview with NDTV, stating she would return to Bangladesh this year.

preyed on those seeking to bring Democracy to China, taking their money so he could live lavishly.

— Judge Analisa Torres, during sentencing in a Manhattan federal court, describing Guo Wengui's conduct.

Nothing should be legitimized that keeps the state apparatus in power.

— Reza Pahlavi, Bundespressekonferenz in Berlin; on the legitimacy of the Iranian regime

to reopen an expanded and renovated Alcatraz to house America's most ruthless and violent criminals.

— Donald Trump, US President; in the context of his 2027 budget proposal to reopen Alcatraz as a prison for America's most ruthless and violent criminals.