That was wrong. That was absolutely incorrect, it was insensitive and it was inappropriate. That’s not how we go about selecting cases for further review. The IRS would like to apologize for that.

Lois Lerner of the IRS on the agency's targeting of Tea Party groups during the 2012 election year, quoted by the Associated Press

I know you all get tired of being hammered by the charlatans and peacocks but the fight is being won...

"RP" — later identified as Gov. Rick Perry — in an email to four of UT's regents

This type of discussion is pretty common in the House. When someone asks you, “Did the rape guy win?” and you have to ask which one, that’s a bad sign.

Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood, talking to the New York Times about Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comments during last year's elections

It's a chicken-and-egg question. Eventually, someone has to step forward and say, 'Either I'm going to be the chicken or the egg.

Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, on Democrats' decisions on when a statewide campaign is viable

Democrats worship abortion with same fervor the Canaanites worshipped Molech.

U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Friendswood, on Twitter, in response to the Kermitt Gosnell abortion doctor verdict on Monday

The attorney general will not cast aspersions on my asparagus.

U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Tyler, after Attorney General Eric Holder suggested his facts were wrong