"Don't allow the worst president in the history of our country to come back and do the final destruction of America."
-- Trump

"[Trump is] going to bring his optimism that he's been bringing to the campaign trail over the past several months."
-- Trump spokesperson Karoline Leavitt on the upcoming debate

"He can't stand for 90 minutes -- but he's 100% able to be President? Have fun explaining that."
-- Sen. Josh Hawley on Biden

"In three words: Franklin Delano Roosevelt...From his wheelchair President Franklin Delano Roosevelt forced Adolf Hitler in Berlin to commit suicide in his bunker as the allies, commanded by Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, were closing in..."
-- MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell

"I am going to win this election by a f***ing landslide. I always did things my way. And I always win, no matter what all these other f***ing people think. And that f***er Biden. He is so f***ing stupid. I am going to kick his f***ing ass in this election."
-- Trump to Dr. Anthony Fauci in phone call from Air Force One, Nov. 1, 2020, two days before the election

"I got indicted more than the legendary Alphonse Capone...He was so mean that if he had dinner with a person and if he didn't like them he would kill the person. They would never find him again. Like Mike Lindell. He wouldn't like Mike. You know why? He's say, 'Those ads, they are driving me crazy! Let's get rid of this guy.' He couldn't stand those ads. Al Capone would take Mike out in two minutes. Mike's beautiful new wife would say, 'What the hell happened to my husband?' He'd never be found. He'd be buried under the World Trade Center."
-- Trump

"Steve shows great courage. I saw him in the hospital. I can tell your wife really loves you, Steve, because some wives wouldn't care."
-- Trump during his return to the Capitol last week, to House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, severely wounded in 2017 mass shooting

"I know you've got thick skin. You're not one of those people afflicted with the need to be loved by strangers."
-- Dr. Phil to Trump

"When you were a swinging bachelor in Manhattan, were you ever involved with anyone who had an abortion?"
-- Maureen Dowd, 2016

"Such an interesting question. So what's your next question?"
-- Trump

"Donald Trump wants to talk about things that he thinks are 'horrible.' All of us lived through his presidency, so, right back at you, buddy."
-- Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson, responding to the former president's characterization of his city

"[It is] teaching rebellion of [sic] school board authority."
-- Indian River County School Board on why it is banning Ban This Book, a middle-grade novel about a fourth-grader creating a secret banned-books locker library

"The school board is the final authority for our citizens. The title itself and the theme challenges our authority... It not only mentions [banned books] but it lists them."
-- board member Kevin McDonald, recently appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis