Insight: “You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot help small men by tearing down big men. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot lift the wage-earner by pulling down the wage-payer. You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot establish security on borrowed money. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men’s initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.” —William Boetcker (1873-1962)

For the record: “Biden has been in office for less than five months, but that’s been enough to show that he was elected on false premises: He is not a moderate, he is not a unifier, and he will not rein in his party’s rabid left flank. The country is increasingly on edge, and the worst is likely yet to come.” —Andrew McCarthy

The Divided State of America: “Attitudes toward masking have followed political fissures: The people who resent masks and flout the rules mostly voted for Donald Trump in 2020, and the people who wear two masks while alone in their Subarus driving to Whole Foods and hiss at strangers on mountain-hiking paths voted for Joe Biden.” —Kevin Williamson

Race bait: “When people of color get infected with SARS-CoV-2, they more likely will develop a severe consequence of the infection, and this is because minorities in general have a greater incidence and prevalence of underlying comorbid medical conditions, including hypertension, chronic lung disease, diabetes, and obesity that lead to a multifold increase in hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19, compared with the general population. Now, very few of these comorbidities have racial determinants. Almost all relate to the social determinants of health.” —Dr. Anthony Fauci

Dezinformatsiya: “I understand right to privacy and a right to freedom, but I don’t have a right to go to my workplace unvaccinated. I don’t have a right to send my kid to school without testing him to make sure he doesn’t become a vector for disease. Has this debate gone too far? Sure, you can do what you want, but it doesn’t mean you get to go on with your pre-pandemic life if you’re not willing to carry your burden in society.” —MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace

Village idiot: “I’ve got so much I want to say about the First Amendment as I sort of understand it, but it is bonkers.” —Prince Harry (“All that Americans will take away from Harry’s outburst about the First Amendment is a posh, privileged British royal slamming their Constitution and their unalienable rights to freedom of speech and expression. It takes an extraordinary amount of entitled arrogance to mock the most revered building block of your adopted country’s history. And lest we forget, things didn’t end well for the last British royal who tried to tell Americans how to lead their lives, George III.” —Piers Morgan)

Alpha jackass: “The world today needs a Hitler.” —now-former CNN freelance contributor Adeel Raja on Sunday. In 2014, Raja similarly yammered: “The only reason I am supporting Germany in the [World Cup] finals — Hitler was a German and he did good with those Jews!”

And last… “The Left alway seems to be on the side of violence…Hamas, Antifa, BLM, communism…” —Lisa Boothe