Quotes for May 4

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“We have an unquestionable mutual interest to secure the federal grant for the benefit of Hawaii’s children.” — Wil Okabe, the president of the Hawaii State Teachers Association, after the union asked its members to revisit a rejected contract, as part of an effort to prevent the state from losing a $75 million grant.

“We have an unquestionable mutual interest to secure the federal grant for the benefit of Hawaii’s children.” — Wil Okabe, the president of the Hawaii State Teachers Association, after the union asked its members to revisit a rejected contract, as part of an effort to prevent the state from losing a $75 million grant.

“I think it will give the whole world a look at how evil these men are.”

— Jim Riches, a retired firefighter from Brooklyn who pulled his firefighter son’s body out of the rubble at ground zero, speaking about the upcoming prosecution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11.