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A compilation of quotations on a variety of issues by national, state and regional writers, well-known personalities, just plain everyday people and from various publications collected by the editors of THE ADVANCE.

Quotes for our Times:

Sean Hannity, host of FOX News Channel's (FNC) Hannity: Constitutional republic, or banana republic? America's time for choosing.

I could keep going, but please know this: Whatever the Democrats are planning to do about Biden following his disastrous debate performance won’t matter if they win in November. Even if Big Bird is called in to replace Biden atop the 2024 ticket, the Democrats, the deep state and the dishonest media will cling to the same failed radical socialist agenda Biden advanced.

America, it’s a time for choosing. In 2020 I wrote 'Live Free or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink.' This is the brink I feared. Are we to remain a constitutional republic, or are we destined to become a banana republic? That’s what is on the ballot in 126 days.

May God bless America and help us return to the principles that made us the 'shining city on a hill.'

Kurt Schlichter, conservative political commentator and author: The debate debacle changes nothing.

What choice do they have? The Geezer Golem is not going anywhere. Here’s the thing – Joe Biden doesn’t think he did badly. Joe Biden thinks he did great. The people around him are all telling him he did great, starting with his harridan wife. This echo chamber of idiocy reinforces his determination that he is a visionary megamind whose presence blesses the benighted American people. He thinks he’s a genius. In fact, Joe Biden is an idiot and has always been an idiot. And it’s all downhill on the IQ Bell Curve from here.

John Shu, legal scholar and commentator who served in the administrations of Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush: Why future presidents will be thankful for Supreme Court ruling in Trump v US.

The Biden administration was wrong to break norms and prosecute a former president, if only because doing so impinged on the 'exclusive and preclusive' powers of future presidents. It also began what could have been a vicious cycle of tit-for-tat prosecutions from administration to administration, which would have been disastrous for the rule of law.

Thankfully, Monday’s well-reasoned Supreme Court decision prevented that cycle, and properly considered all the different competing factors, including a president’s constitutional responsibilities and ability to do his job.

Laura Ingraham, host of FOX News Channel's The Ingraham Angle: The Bidens are selfish, mean grifters to the end.

Everyone needs to remember this fact: The Bidens are loyal to the Bidens. And no one and no institution — not the Democratic Party, not the country — will get in their way. First lady Jill Biden and Hunter Biden, according to Politico, were the 'loudest voices urging the president to stay in the 2024 contest.' …

The Bidens look down on everyone else. They don’t care about their party, their loyal staff. They don’t care about liberalism, or dignity, or anything as much as they care about themselves. They will never take responsibility. They will never take blame. They will never change.

It would serve the family right if Biden’s entire political team quit and told the truth about what they’ve seen.