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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.

— Chris Bell

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

— Willie Nelson

Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented.

— Molly Ivins

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

— Jeb Bush

When I ran in Texas, I told the people of Texas, 'if you elect me, I will lead the fight against amnesty.'

— Ted Cruz

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

— Jessica Savitch

Texas is now a cornerstone of the electoral college for Republicans.

— Ed Gillespie

It is equally demonstrable that so far as Texas is concerned, there have been equal confusion, insecurity and injustice in the administration of the State governments.

— William H. Wharton

For Texas, a wise and prudent administration in the commencement of her national existence will be universally expected, imposing upon me the difficult and delicate task of setting in complete and successful operation a political body based upon principles so hazardously asserted and so gloriously maintained.

— Sam Houston

Here is what we know after more than a decade of Republican rule: Texas works. Even 'The New York Times' let it slip into its pages that, 'Texas is the future.'

— Rick Perry

✗Opposing Perspectives

All anyone needs to enjoy the state legislature is a strong stomach and a complete insensitivity to the needs of the people. As long as you don't think about what that peculiar body should be doing and what it actually is doing to the quality of life in Texas, then it's all marvelous fun.

— Molly Ivins