Texas will never do that because Texas loves me. Texas would never do that if I’m president.

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, on Texas secession after the United Kingdom’s vote last week to leave the European Union

What Texans believe in is that we need the United States to be more like Texas. In fact, I believe America longs to be the way Texas is.

Gov. Greg Abbott, also discounting talk of Texas breaking away from the United States in an interview late last week with Sean Hannity

I think there may be chaotic parts, and I think there could be instances of violence. But I think most of the time things will run smoothly.

Christine Link, executive director of the ACLU of Ohio, to The Washington Post on the potential for unrest at this month's Republican National Convention

From ridesharing, to setting minimum wages, to rent control, there’s many issues where the Legislature has an obligation to step in and pre-empt political subdivisions.

State Sen. Don Huffines, R-Dallas, talking to the Tribune about his opposition to a plastic bag ban in Laredo as part of the Legislature's obligation "to defend economic and personal liberty from the entities that we created"