The Week in Quotes (March 13 – 19)

Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond.

President Obama, speaking in Austin, on Texas’ Republican leadership stifling efforts to increase voter turnout.

It is much easier to order pizza or a trip than it is for you to exercise the single most important task in a democracy, and that is to select who’s going to represent you in government.

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Sen. Ted Cruz’s response to a protester at a rally Monday.

See sir, one difference between this and a Donald Trump rally is I’m not asking anyone to punch you in the face.

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Part of a one-page disclaimer the Alabama State Board of Education requires be placed in certain science textbooks.

The theory of evolution by natural selection is a controversial theory that is included in this textbook.

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Former Texas State Board of Education member Don McLeroy, on backing two of the candidates vying for the seat he once held.

They’re two Don McLeroys, really.

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