John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

You're already killing people. We're at war.

— Rep. Joyce Beatty, describing Trump's threat during the Kennedy Center dispute on MS NOW's The Weeknight.

"The Kennedy Center is vital to the arts in Washington. We need it. We need this," Wilkinson said. "This is not just about putting the president's name on the Kennedy Center. It's about censoring the performances and the programming. That's what started all this. So that's what the nitty-gritty really is about this. So I want to replace all of this with love. That's why there's a heart."— Bud Wilkinson, a local member of the arts community, at a protest outside the Kennedy Center

Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it.

— In the ruling, U.S. District Judge Casey Cooper wrote that the Center’s name cannot be altered without congressional blessing.

You can well imagine my outrage when I see this revered institution become the subject of such a bitter fight over the name and the uncontrolled ego of a single man.

— Barbra Streisand, in a statement published on her official website about the Kennedy Center dispute involving Donald Trump