Thursday Short Cuts
Notable quotables from Ben Shapiro, Matt Whitlock, Jimmy Failla, and more.
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” —Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
“The United States is an enormous and well-populated country, and it really ought to be able to do better than to run a second election between Joe frickin’ Biden and Donald frickin’ Trump.” —Charles C.W. Cooke
“I remember your national memorial in Rushmore. The faces of your prominent presidents, those who laid the foundation of the United States of America as it is today. Democracy, independence, freedom and care for everyone, for every person, for everyone who works diligently, who lives honestly, who respects the law. We in Ukraine want the same for our people. … Remember Pearl Harbor. Terrible morning of December 7, 1941, when your sky was black from the planes attacking you. Just remember it. Remember September the 11th, a terrible day in 2001 when evil tried to turn your cities, independent territories in[to] battlefields. When innocent people were attacked from air, yes, just like no one expected it, you could not stop it. Our country experience[s] the same every day. … ‘I have a dream.’ These words are known to each of you today. I can say I have a need. I need to protect our sky. I need your decision, your help, which means exactly the same. The same you feel when you hear the words, ‘I have a dream.’ … I am addressing … President Biden. You are the leader of your great nation. I wish you to be the leader of the world. Being the leader of the world means to be the leader of peace.” —Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
“[Biden officials] are perfectly willing to put just enough material in so Ukrainians can continue to die in defense of their country but not enough material in so the Ukrainians can live in defense of their country. Meanwhile, they’re just drawing a bunch of red lines they are not going to keep.” —Ben Shapiro
“I don’t care what Putin says. I didn’t realize Putin was our national security adviser. … He goes outside the bounds of norms, then he claims victimization when people react, and then he uses that victimization to pursue more aggression. This is how Putin acts and we need to stop falling for it. I don’t care if it’s provocation.” —Congressman Dan Crenshaw
“The West is in a Catch-22 — the worse the war in Ukraine goes for Putin, the less he has to lose by escalating it and by trying to force Western leaders to make concessions in exchange for peace.” —Jim Geraghty
“‘We have basically crushed the Russian economy,’ says Joe Biden’s parrot Jen Psaki. So, Biden and his merry band of Demos have crushed two economies in one year!” —Mark Alexander
“Russian money has been funding liberal environmental groups’ anti-fossil fuel push. One of the top recipients was [the Natural Resources Defense Council], who gave millions to Biden before their leader [Gina McCarthy] became Biden’s Climate Czar.” —Matt Whitlock
“We’ve got to produce more oil and gas, more energy in this country, not only to fight back against inflation to help our citizens, but so that we can provide energy to Europe. … The Biden administration needs to take the handcuffs off our energy producers.” —Senator John Hoeven
“Joe Biden press conferences are like Guns N Roses concerts. They list a start time, but nobody has any idea when the band will actually go on, including the band.” —Jimmy Failla
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