Quotes of the Week

Removing the flag is an act of healing and unity, that allows us to find a shared purpose based on the values that unify us.

GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry, expressing support for efforts in South Carolina to remove a Confederate battle flag from the grounds of the state Capitol there

Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them.

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, ruling in King v. Burwell, a challenge to the Affordable Care Act's system of insurance subsidies that if upheld could have dealt the law a fatal blow

And the cases will publish forever the discouraging truth that the Supreme Court of the United States favors some laws over others, and is prepared to do whatever it takes to uphold and assist its favorites.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, from his dissent in King v. Burwell

The takeaway I want from the audience is that this guy has really thought about what he is doing. He’s substantive. He’s not just ripping off talking points.

Gov. Greg Abbott, in an email to aides on what he wanted from his first State of the State address

We don’t have the kind of quality assurance for edibles that we have for any other medicine.

Ryan Vandrey, lead author of a study that found large discrepancies between listed THC amounts in marijuana edibles and what was actually inside them