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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:

Matt Vespa, Senior Editor at Townhall. com: Did you catch who Elon Musk and DOGE are targeting next? It's why the libs are freaking out.

To the shock of no one, [Musk] also revealed that there was rampant Social Security benefits fraud, where people 150 years old were still getting checks. He also said they would look into federal workers with high net worths but much lower salary pay. As Katie [Pavlich] noted, this is why DOGE freaks out everyone in the DC establishment.

Byron York, chief political correspondent for The Washington Examiner: The Biden economic hangover.

Biden and Democrats passed money faster than anyone could possibly use it, and even though they raced to shovel cash out the door in December and January, many billions remain unspent. President Trump has put a freeze on Inflation Reduction Act funds, and there could be a fight over it in Congress.

But none of that changes the final conclusion. Joe Biden, imagining himself to be FDR, did enormous damage to Americans' standard of living. They will be suffering a Biden hangover for a long time to come.

Tim Graham, executive editor of News-Busters and director of media analysis for the Media Research Center: It's only a 'crisis' when republicans try to restrain government.

As usual, the liberals use situational ethics depending on who is in power and what is at stake. Right now, liberals don't have the power in the White House or in Congress, and it's clear they are feeling angry and powerless.

It's very early in Trump's second term, and we don't know how all these early battles will play out. But we certainly know that the 'independent' media cannot be trusted to define 'democracy' or 'constitutional crisis.' To them, these are just malleable words in party-line press releases.

Angela Morabito, visiting fellow at the Independent Women’s Forum and the spokesperson for the Defense of Freedom Institute: A failing Nation's Report Card proves need for sweeping change.

When a group of congressional Democrats tried to bully their way into the Department of Education, they exposed their own ignorance of the agency they claim to care so much about.

The real scandal at the Department of Education is not the push to cut wasteful spending. In fact, the problem is just the opposite: The agency spends billions every year while achieving dismal results. …

All students deserve the opportunity to escape failing schools. President Donald Trump has pledged to give it to them. He has already started making good on that promise through his executive order on Expanding Educational Freedom and Opportunity for Families.