Politics

No one is above the law, not even a former President of the United States.

— Carroll’s attorney, Roberta Kaplan, said at the time.

"I actually do think it’s time for Democrats to talk the 's' word: schism," he said. "I really do. Everybody’s always said, 'No, no. We’re a coalition. We’re a big tent.' There’s just some s**t I can’t be in the same tent with."— James Carville, quoted in a Salon article about his call for Democrats to consider schism and shift toward centrist policies.

The chancellor and the government are backed into a corner.

— Gerald Knaus, Migration expert, on ntv's Blome & Pfeffer

We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.

— Donald J. Trump, during remarks to supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, as the Capitol mob began; quoted in The Daily Beast article.

"He golfs and trades stocks," he said. "See, he doesn’t want to do the job. He wants to build his ballroom and travel with Natalie on their apparently defenseless flying palace gifted by the emir of Qatar."— Senator John Ossoff at an Atlanta rally

For the Polish people, the UPA is above all the symbol of crimes committed against defenseless civilians.

— Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, commenting on the memory of the UPA and Polish-Ukrainian tensions.

Let us, together, seek an independent figure who has the authority to bring the state together and who can marshal a majority in the Thuringian State Parliament.

— Steffen Schütz, Thuringia’s BSW infrastructure minister, in an open letter to the Thuringian BSW faction.

There are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn't live. They're not even people.

— Itamar Ben-Gvir, National Security Minister of Israel, in an interview with a former Israeli captive taken during Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attacks

These exercises are not only costly, with much of these costs paid for by the United States of America (as usual!), but send a signal that is totally inappropriate and hostile.

— Donald Trump, in a Truth Social post on Sunday, criticizing joint military exercises with South Korea

With the AfD, as it currently exists in Saxony-Anhalt, which is in large parts unconstitutional, this country would be a different country: a different system with a completely different set of values, a different state.

— Reiner Haseloff (CDU); former Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt, in an interview with dpa

What exactly did we do back then when the right-wing extremists in Germany were trying to take power?

— Lars Klingbeil, SPD leader, in a speech at the Rheinland-Palatinate SPD meeting in Haßloch; warning against a leadership debate and that populists would ultimately benefit.

It's not the disadvantaged.

— The Saarland University sociologists Martin Schröder, Moritz Rehm and Anja Röcke, in their Plos One study; conclusion that migration concerns, not social disadvantage, drive AfD support.

"This thing of having one person governing the country will end. You don’t even know if this person is smart or if they’re a crook. We currently have a crook running the country; I forget his name."— Jacob Zuma, MK Party leader, during a church visit in Mthatha, Eastern Cape

Anyone who uses a baseball bat against a 14-year-old and accepts that he could be seriously injured is not suitable for political office and must immediately resign from his mandate.

— Susan Sziborra-Seidlitz, Green party chairwoman in Saxony-Anhalt, told dpa via MDR that violence against a 14-year-old is unacceptable for holding political office and requires an immediate resignation.

That would lead to the destruction of the Russian state.

— Nikolai Rybakow, leader of the Jabloko party, during the appeal before the Supreme Court in Moscow, warning that there would be a 'final, official dismantling' of the electoral system.

Nothing has been decided yet: An AfD government is not an automatic outcome in Saxony-Anhalt.

— Felix Kolb, executive director of Campact, the organization that commissioned the survey

"With the completion of the current legislative period, I will be able to look back on a total of ten years in the National Council," writes SVP National Councillor Diana Gutjahr. "For me, this is the appropriate moment to bring this part of my political career to a close."— Diana Gutjahr, SVP National Councillor, in a press release about not standing again in 2027