You get down there and you begin to see humanity. You can set up here and watch Fox News and say ‘these alien bastards, we need to shut the border down.’ But what I saw coming through Brooks County was humanity.

Former border militia member Charles Gilbert to the Texas Observer on what led him to rethink the mission

Let me just say that one word in a very long legal document which I know nothing about and would never have read and I'm vilified coast to coast. It's a normal day at the office for me.

Houston Mayor Annise Parker on the outrage at a subpoena issued to five pastors allied against the city's equal rights ordinance that included a request for their sermons

If my brother were to be vice president, I’d have to shave my head.

U.S. Rep. Joaquín Castro, D-San Antonio, on growing speculation that Julián, his twin brother and HUD secretary might be on the shortlist for veep in 2016

You British always sound so darned smart and refined, no matter what you’re saying. And it’s not just because of your many cultural exports: from James Bond and Julie Andrews to Simon Cowell and One Direction.

Gov. Rick Perry, concluding a foreign policy address in London with some admiration for his hosts