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Natural Texas politicians make terrible, terrible presidential candidates. Phil Gramm, I remember the 'Phil Gramm for President' campaign. I thought that was the worst thing in the history of the world, but Rick Perry was possibly worse.

If I knew I couldn't win races, I would have stayed in the States.

Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention.

Texas has a lot of challenges, but if I choose to run I will talk about opening democracy to mainstream Texans and not just to a closed circle of entrenched ideologues.

Many people have believed that they were Chosen, but none more baldly than the Texans.

Imagine Texas as a blue state: how hard it would be to carry the presidency or gain control of the Senate.

All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men.

The governor's not allowed to drive. That's part of the life you accept.

I hope telling the story of how I went from being a single mom to serving in the Texas State Senate to running for governor will remind others that with the right leadership in government, where you start has nothing to do with how far you go.

I'm from Texas, and one of the reasons I like Texas is because there's no one in control.