Quotables

‘I am going to get a bigger flag.’

Hany Baransi, an Arab Christian immigrant from Israel, after Mohamed Barry, a Muslim and an immigrant from Guinea, attacked with a machete patrons in Baransi’s restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. The restaurant—Nazareth Restaurant and Deli—has an Israeli flag in its entryway. Barry injured four persons in the Feb. 11 attack. Police later shot and killed him.

‘Unfortunately, in general, academic research and scientists in this country are no longer deserving of the public trust. We’re not.’

Marc Edwards, a professor of civil engineering at Virginia Tech who helped expose the lead water crisis (see “Water worries,” in this issue) in Flint, Mich., on the reluctance of scientists who receive funding from the government to criticize government agencies.

‘I believe firmly that the Constitution calls for the Senate to advise and consent. I believe that it calls for meaningful advice and consent that includes an examination of a judge’s philosophy, ideology, and record.’

Barack Obama, on Jan. 26, 2006, when he was a senator, on why he would vote against the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court despite Alito’s intellect and personal character.

‘Texas women are having more babies since Planned Parenthood was defunded’

A Feb. 4 tweet (since deleted) from Cosmopolitan.

‘Anyone worried about a front-running candidate shouting obscenities in front of children?’

Jeb Bush at a forum for Republican presidential candidates on Feb. 12 at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C. Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Ben Carson also attended the event. Front-runner Donald Trump did not attend. He was campaigning in Florida.