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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: The liberal media just can't damage Pete Hegseth.

[CNN’s Scott] Jennings’ quote of the day was when they said the Democrats got subjected to a good old-fashioned ass-kicking yesterday. It was peppered in with nonsense about how there was no discussion about how climate change is a national security threat, how Pentagon staffers are afraid of Hegseth, and how there is no politicization at the Department of Defense right now or something. Still, he might create it — it’s all theater. If this is all they got, they’re done.

Hugh Hewitt, host of 'The Hugh Hewitt Show': Goodbye, Joe. Enjoy the beach.

Unable or unwilling to curb his subordinates, the Biden years will be remembered for the politicization of the Department of Justice into a weapon deployed against political opponents, the years of disgraceful 'lawfare' unable to be hidden behind the deceitful 'threat to democracy' and rise of fascism idiocy that is the meat and grog of the crazed 5% far left of our political class. Biden may not have been aware of this in all its details because of his failing health but, again, it happened on his watch.

Clay Travis, founder of national multimedia platform, OutKick: How Trump is already narrowing America's racial divide.

It's simple, young men of all races are overwhelmingly rejecting woke culture and voting in a similar direction across racial lines.

That is, the identity politics era, especially for young men, is over.

They recognize, better than most, the lies they've been fed.

Indeed, data suggests young men 14-17 years old, the next age cohort that will be eligible to vote in 2028 are even more conservative than their older brothers. Republicans, if they run a strong campaign in 2028 and deliver on economic promises, stand to increase margins among these voters.

David Marcus, columnist and author: California could learn a lot from Florida when it comes to looters.

Progressive gun policies such as those in California, like so many other progressive policies, are intended to make citizens weaker, more vulnerable, and more dependent on the state. That is on open and clear display in LA today.

Hopefully, once this emergency passes, Californians will realize how essential their gun rights really are and demand their restoration. In the meantime, thousands and thousands are simply helpless.

Los Angeles District Attorney Nate Hochman was elected to get tough on crime. Here is his first chance. If the city does not allow its citizens to protect themselves, then the penalty for looting must be massive, as in years in prison.

But honestly, that is not and never will be an adequate replacement for an armed population, which is precisely what the founding fathers understood when they enshrined our God-given right to gun ownership.