A Texas Governor is not Augustus traversing his realm with a portable mint and an imperial treasure in tow ... No governor can say of his or her state what the Sun King said of France: 'L'état, c'est moi.'

Attorneys for Rick Perry establishing what he is not in a motion to quash pending felony indictments against the state's chief executive

He’s not a serious challenge to Joe Straus. Don’t get confused.

Political consultant Bill Miller, discounting the significance of the endorsement by Tea Party group FreedomWorks of Scott Turner for House Speaker

It’s evaporated because the House passed a bill. The president couldn’t blame Republicans and so, lo and behold — all of a sudden — he finds the money.

U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., on the sudden lack of urgency for Congress to act on the unaccompanied minor crisis at the border

If a Republican says it, a Democrat has to disagree. And if a Democrat says it, a Republican has to disagree. And we’re in really sorry shape. Politicians are not serving you well.

Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson on the impasse on immigration and other hot button political issues

Well, I feel like Lady Godiva riding buck naked down the street. You're all out there, for everyone to see.

Ann Richards, on what it's like to pen a memoir