Insight: “Individualism, the love of enterprise, and the pride in personal freedom, have been deemed by Americans not only as their choicest, but their peculiar and exclusive possessions.” —James Bryce (1838-1922)

Good question: “By the way, George Kent testified [Wednesday] that he still believes Burisma — the Ukrainian company that paid Hunter Biden $50,000 a month — deserves to be investigated for corruption. Why isn’t that ‘breaking news’?” —Gary Bauer

Belly laugh of the week: “This isn’t about ‘for Democrats.’ This is for the American people. This is about patriotism.” —House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

The BIG Lie: “If the president has something that is exculpatory … then he should make that known. … So far, we haven’t seen that, but we welcome it.” —Nancy Pelosi, who welcomes only impeachment

Empty rhetoric: “Perhaps you have not heard me when I have said this is something we do with a heavy heart. This is very prayerful.” —Nancy Pelosi

Friendly fire: “I do think there is a legitimate concern about women’s lived experience and the importance of recognizing that, and also the importance of recognizing the self-identification [of transgender individuals]. This is all relatively new. People are still trying to find the language for it, trying to sort it out. I think in the right mindset this can be understood, but it’s going to take some time.” —Hillary Clinton

Village idiots: “I feel when I was working in my early 20s and even in my late teens/early 20s, I felt that I sort of got, somehow, typecast. I was very hyper-sexualized. … Even though it wasn’t a part of my own narrative, it was, kind of, crafted for me by probably a bunch of dudes in the industry.” —actress Scarlett Johannson

And last… “I think the real issue I hear from people back home about is, why isn’t Pelosi bringing up bills to lower prescription drugs? Why isn’t Pelosi bringing the bill to the floor to give our troops the tools they need or to secure our border when, in fact, she’s just obsessed with impeaching the president? We have an election next year. The people of the country should decide it.” —House Minority Whip Steve Scalise