Quotes of the Week

The good news is, Mitt Romney is a people pleaser. The bad news is, Mitt Romney is a people pleaser.

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, quoted by The Hill

It becomes an issue when you are a current elected official that is drawing a state employee pension while receiving a salary as an elected official.

Rep. Kenneth Sheets on why he believes it is wrong for Gov. Rick Perry to collect a pension while still receiving a government salary

I know that time flies, but only nine of those years have passed.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, during this week's Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin arguments, on 2003's Grutter vs. Bollinger ruling which said racial preferences wouldn't be needed in 25 years

The bigger issue for me is, are you going to have a diverse population in your universities? Absolutely, I think it's wise for us to do that. Are you going to use race as the factor to make that happen? Is that going to be the sole determining factor of how you're gonna populate? Again, the court is going to decide that, but all these schools need to be focused on getting the best and the brightest.

Gov. Rick Perry on CBS This Morning when asked, in advance of oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, whether race should be considered in university admissions

There are still too many unknowns to know the battle ahead. I will enjoin the battle. But how the battlefield will be arrayed, I don’t know yet.

Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, on how easy it will be to pass a bill eliminating in-state tuition for illegal immigrants next session

Wendy Davis is the most critical race in all of Texas. We've seen the traditional record of Democrats who have been in the Senate for decades selling out the long-term needs of Texas for short-terms gains in their district.

Matt Glazer of Progress Texas, quoted by the Associated Press

A technicality is a point of law your opponent didn’t know.

Brian Wice, an attorney for Tom DeLay, quoting a judge and former employer