Quotes of the Week

I want to see a day when every American citizen can simply have a gun, does not have to go through a long ordeal or pay a high price.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in a Sunday appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press"

There's such a thing as dignity.

Harris County Judge Ed Emmett, on receiving calls just hours after the death of County Commissioner El Franco Lee asking to be considered for the vacancy

Republicans are going to have to ask themselves the question: ‘Do we want a candidate who could be tied up in court for two years?’ That’d be a big problem.

Donald Trump, choosing to raise the issue of Ted Cruz's Canadian birth this week to The Washington Post

It’s settled law that the child of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural-born citizen. People will continue to make political noise about it, but as a legal matter, it’s quite straightforward.

Cruz, attempting Wednesday to put to rest lingering questions about his qualifications to serve as president