Quotables

‘I believe in political retribution, otherwise you might as well close up shop.’

Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, after a group of pro-life Republicans scuttled a bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks (see “Ignoring the children” in this issue).

‘Hamas and Sharia law have taken over UC Davis.’

Azka Fayyaz, a student senator at the University of California, Davis, celebrating student government approval of a resolution calling on the university to divest from corporations that do business with Israel. Pro-Hamas students reportedly shouted “Allahu akbar” at Jewish students after the vote.

‘That my friends is a crazy, backwards life!’

Josh Harris, in a letter to his congregation, on becoming pastor of 3,000-member Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Md., at age 30 without having a seminary degree and on leaving the church now at age 40 to attend seminary.

‘If these were a few dozen hipsters protesting corporate profits while taking selfies with iPhones, the networks would have wall-to-wall coverage.’

Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, on the near-complete network television blackout of the 2015 March for Life, which drew hundreds of thousands of pro-lifers to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 22.

‘My son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence.’

Jason Steward of Kermit, Texas, on his 9-year-old son Aiden, who was suspended from school reportedly for making a threat against another student. Aiden, who had recently seen The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, had brought a ring to class and told another boy it could make him disappear.