Senator, I’m not going to stand here and be insulted. … I own up to my error.

Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, during a debate with Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, over an attempt to recall a disclosure bill the Senate passed Tuesday

Much of my presidency was defined by things that you didn’t necessarily want to have happen.

George W. Bush, in the Dallas Morning News

Why would you want to change?

Gov. Rick Perry, talking about re-election with WFAA-TV

I think background checks are certainly the way to go. Who can argue with wanting to make sure that we don't have people who are certified mentally ill or felons?

Former U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, talking about gun laws on CBS "This Morning"

One thing that requires ongoing vigilance is the reality that the state of Texas is coming under a new 
assault, an assault far more dangerous than what the leader of North Korea threatened when he said he was going to add Austin, Texas, as one of the recipients of his nuclear weapons. The threat that we’re getting is the threat from the Obama administration and his political machine.

Attorney General Greg Abbott, on the Battleground Texas effort by Democrats, in the Waco Tribune-Herald

It would be a pleasant surprise to find another donor like that in my remaining lifetime. It is a matter of some concern that so many of our biggest donors are well past the age of Social Security.

Steve Munisteri, Texas GOP chairman, on the death of Bob Perry

Our campaign bumper sticker: If babies had guns, they wouldn’t be aborted.

U.S. Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Beaumont, on Twitter