How should we like it were stars to burn ... With a passion for us we could not return?... If equal affection cannot be, ... Let the more loving one be me.—W. H. Auden

'There is a direct line you can draw from Trump's violation of the Iran deal and the risk of conflict today.'—Pimpeo

We are ready to help Saudi Arabia protect their people. They need to make clever decisions, as Iran did by buying our S300, as Mr. Erdogan did by deciding to buy the most advanced S400 air defense systems. These kinds of systems are capable of defending any kind of infrastructure in Saudi Arabia from any kind of attack.—Vladimir Putin

Resignation is a fruit that ripens at the gates of heaven. How powerful, how glorious the calm smile, the pure brow of the resigned human creature.—Balzac

I no doubt deserved my enemies, but I don't believe I deserved my friends. —Walt Whitman

"Having failed at piracy, the US resorts to outright blackmail - deliver us Iran's oil and receive several million dollars or be sanctioned yourself,"—Javad Zarif

Having failed at piracy, the US resorts to outright blackmail—deliver us Iran’s oil and receive several million dollars or be sanctioned yourself. Sounds very similar to the Oval Office invitation I received a few weeks back. It is becoming a pattern.—Javad Zarif on US Cash Offer to Tanker Captain

I think Iran is a country of tremendous potential. We’re not looking for leadership change. We’re not looking for that kind of change. This country has been through that many times before, that doesn’t work. We’re looking for no nuclear weapons, no ballistic missiles and a longer period of time, very simple and have it done in a short period of time and I believe that Iran can be a great nation. —Trump at G7

When I went to Dayton and when I went to El Paso, and I went into those hospitals, the love for me – and ‘me’ maybe as the representative of the country – but for me, and my love for them was unparalleled … Not only did they meet with me, they were pouring out of the rooms. The doctors were coming out of the operating rooms. There were hundreds and hundreds of people all over the floor.—Donald Trump

Pompeo a "heat-seeking missile for Trump's ass."—New yorker

“Denmark would be interested in purchasing the United States in its entirety, with the exception of its government,”—Denmark foreign Minister

"Mousavi said the Gibraltar court order for the release of the oil tanker was a blow to US "unilateralism"."—Aljazeera

America’s mental illness is guns—The Philadelphia Inquirer

"democratic imperial kingdom of Saudi Arabia"—Inspector_clouseau_watson

When you start lying to yourself, you lose the capacity to love—James O'Brien

It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled. —Unknown

We should soundly reject language coming out of the mouths of any of our leaders that feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments; leaders who demonize those who don’t look like us, or suggest that other people, including immigrants, threaten our way of life, or refer to other people as sub-human, or imply that America belongs to just one certain type of people.—Former President Barack Obama

They said “send her back” but Speaker @SpeakerPelosi didn’t just make arrangements to send me back, she went back with me . So grateful for the honor to return to Mother Africa with the @TheBlackCaucus and commemorate The Year of Return! —Congresswoman Ilhan Omar

"No, I’m not angry. Don’t worry, Donald, I’m not angry. I’m sad and disgusted when pathetic politicians don’t stand up to your racism. Your racism. They’re too afraid to. That’s sad and that’s unbelievably pathetic to watch. And it’s really bad for our country."—Brzezinski

He tells them to go back where they came from. What do we say? We’re not going back, and in fact, we’re not going anywhere — we’re going to the White House. That’s where we’re going.—Presidential Candidate Senator Kamala Harris