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The hearing should therefore determine whether the anti-constitutional positions are not just individual statements, but shape the party as a whole.

— Katharina König-Preuss, Left Party deputy in the Thuringian state parliament, in May about the planned hearing

My condition is not so bad that I would die in 2-4 days.

— Sonam Wangchuk, in a video message during his indefinite hunger strike.

This initiative, it's not about artificial enhancement. It's about restoring and optimizing your natural capabilities, protecting your longevity.

— Pete Hegseth, in an X video captioned 'The High-T Department of War'.

You are here because this is real, and it is getting worse. And it can no longer be denied, and it can no longer be ignored.

— Marco Rubio, delivering the opening remarks at the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism at the State Department, July 16, 2026.

Culture pessimists, doomsayers, whiners, naysayers, outraged critics: step aside! We will move forward with confidence and optimism, and we will bring our country back to the level it deserves.

— Friedrich Merz, during the Summer press conference of the Bundespressekonferenz, addressing critics of the reform course after the coalition decision

If Fedorov is removed, it means the supply of our army will stagnate, there will be fewer drones, much less meaningful decisions.

— Dmytro Koziatynskyi, former combat medic for the Da Vinci Wolves 1st Assault Regiment, told Business Insider.

It would be a betrayal of the Hungarian nation if we did not touch this constitution.

— Péter Magyar told Parliament ahead of the vote on the constitutional amendment.

To every potential AfD voter I would recommend watching the AfD NRW's nomination meeting for the state election. You can see immediately that this bunch would not make anything better for the country. How low they have sunk in the way they treat each other says it all.

— Matthias Hauer (CDU), Bundestag member for Essen, commenting on the Marl AfD event, via X.

To burn the walls of Troy was to burn the world entire.

— Odysseus, a character in The Odyssey (Nolan's film) — quoted in the IndieWire review

We don’t care that there’s an American in the car. We don’t care about a congressman. We don’t care what the American embassy is saying,

— IDF soldiers, as described by Ro Khanna (quoted by Khanna about what the soldiers allegedly told his security team).

Your lack of judiciousness regarding your personal travel and dubious use of official travel appear to violate not only government ethics law and Department of Justice policy, but also White House directives.

— Durbin and Raskin wrote in a letter criticizing Patel's travel and spending.