If y’all don’t care about me in good times when everybody’s OK, how am I going to be there when you need me? If the government doesn’t even buy American, who will?

Mike Bowen, owner of Prestige Ameritech, the country's No. 1 maker of hospital surgical masks, on expectations that he would respond to national emergencies selflessly only to lose business to foreign firms when crises pass so customers — including the federal and other governments — can save pennies per mask. (Dallas News — April 3, 2020)