I’ve been indicted for rules that don’t even exist. — Tom DeLay

"After many weeks of personal prayerful thinking and analysis, I have come to the conclusion that it is time to close this public service chapter of my life. It’s time to begin opening new chapters and pursuing new opportunities to engage in the important cultural and political battles of our day from outside the arena of the U.S. House of Representatives...I refuse to allow liberal Democrats an opportunity to steal this seat with a negative, personal campaign....I just realized that my constituents dont deserve this, they deserve a Republican. I think I could have won this seat but it would have been nasty, it would have cost a fortune to do it. The challenge has always been in the interest of the constituents cause and the Republican majority. Im more interested in growing the Republican majority than my own future."

"Its the fault of the liberals and the media and the Democrats, that from the very beginning have tried to undermine the will of the American people to fight this."

"We have a small faction, and they are a minority, who believe they are there to govern. Then there is the majority of us who believe that indeed we are there to govern but more importantly we are there to be an opposition to the Democratic philosophy and the only way to do that is through confrontation."

"The EPA, the Gestapo of government, pure and simply has been one of the major claw-hooks that the government maintains on the backs of our constituents."

"The judges need to be intimidated. They need to uphold the Constitution. (If they dont behave) were going to go after them in a big way."

"If we had those 40 million children that were [aborted] over the last 30 years, we wouldnt need the illegal immigrants to fill the jobs that they are doing today."