Quotables

‘I come from the ’60s.’

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the Nov. 14 Democratic debate. Pundits predicted her Republican opponents will use her phrase in attack ads leading up to the 2016 election.

‘It’s been kind of tough, but it’s part of life. And you just kind of work through it and trust God’s plan.’

Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins on becoming an NFL starter as his father fights cancer. Cousins gave a game ball to his father after the team’s 47-14 win over the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 15.

‘We are praying that Abdelhamid really is dead.’

Yasmina Abaaoud, older sister of Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected leader of the Nov. 13 Paris attacks. She made the comment last fall after reports (later proven false) that her brother had been killed fighting for ISIS in Syria. French police killed him in a Nov. 15 raid. The Abaaouds are a well-to-do family from Morocco living in Belgium.

‘The president says we’re scared of widows and orphans. With all due respect to him, what I’m really afraid of is a foreign policy that creates more widows and orphans.’

U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., on President Obama’s complaints about House Republicans’ call for a more rigorous screening process for Syrian refugees.

‘In terms of governors, legislators, and constitutional officers, the bench has been eviscerated during his tenure.’

Kentucky state auditor Adam Edelen, who lost reelection in November, on the massive losses Democrats have suffered at the state level across the country during the Obama administration. Edelen said the loss of potential leaders in the party “will have very long-term consequences.”