• You are disparaging the reputation of men and women in that office who have worked very hard to get results and take a monster off the street.
• Source: Politico   |   Pennsylvania   |   July 16, 2012
• Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, when asked about his handling of the criminal investigation into former Penn State football assistant Jerry Sandusky. He launched the investigation when he was the state's attorney general and has been criticized for its length.

• It's like when you're in high school and your parents get a note from the principal. Your story is, 'Oh, it's nothing, Mom.' But your mom knows better.
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Pennsylvania   |   July 13, 2012
• Richard Weishaupt, an attorney for a nonprofit that advocates for poor and low-income residents, on Pennsylvania's nonchalant reaction to a letter from the Obama administration probing whether the state wrongly dropped 130,000 people from its Medicaid rolls since last summer.

• You should never worry about the consequences of doing what's right.
• Source: GOVERNING   |   El Paso, Texas   |   July 12, 2012
• El Paso Mayor John Cook, who made the controversial decision to restore domestic partner benefits to city workers after residents voted to revoke them. He's since fended off two recall attempts.

• You must buy health insurance or pay the new Gestapo -- the I.R.S.
• Source: Politico   |   Maine   |   July 11, 2012
• Maine Gov. Paul LePage, who blasted the Supreme Court for upholding the federal health-care reform law in a radio address. He later apologized and said it wasn't his “intent to insult anyone” or to “minimize the fact that millions of people were murdered" in Nazi Germany.

• What would be next? We want the PIN for your online bank account?
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Illinois   |   July 10, 2012
• Illinois state Rep. Ford, who sponsored a bill that protects employees and job seekers from having to provide their social media passwords to employers or prospective employers -- something some law enforcement agencies have done.
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• We're not comparing it to some fantasy world, we're comparing it to other states around the nation.
• Source: Houston Chronicle   |   Texas   |   July 9, 2012
• Dr. Ernest Moy, the author of a federal agency's scorecard that ranked Texas last in the delivery of health services.

• There's a green button and a red button. They should know which one to push.
• Source: Yahoo News   |   North Carolina   |   July 6, 2012
• Thom Tillis, state House Speaker in North Carolina, where state Rep. Becky Carney mistakenly pushed the wrong button when voting to legalize fracking. Her request to change her vote was denied because lawmakers can only do so if it won't change the outcome. Hydraulic fracturing is now allowed in the state.

• The credibility of the classification system is collapsing under the weight of bogus secrets.
• Source: New York Times   |   Nation   |   July 5, 2012
• Steven Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy for the Federation of American Scientists, reacting to the news that the United States spent more than $11 billion last year to protect its secrets. The cost of secrecy has more than doubled in a decade.

• Listen up. That's right, I'm talking to you. Had a few drinks? Maybe a few too many? Then do yourself and everyone else a favor: Call a sober friend or a cab. Oh, and don't forget to wash your hands.
• Source: Detroit Free Press   |   Michigan   |   July 3, 2012
• The audio that plays on a talking urinal cake that Michigan officials hope will help to curb drunk driving on the 4th of July. 400 of the sanitizer cakes were distributed to restaurants across four counties in the state.

• It’s mostly sunny.
• Source: Washington Post   |   Virginia   |   July 2, 2012
• Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II, on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to largely uphold President Obama's health-care reform law. Cuccinelli was the first state attorney general in the nation to file a lawsuit over the law.

• #UNCONSTITUTIONAL: #SCOTUS overturns #Obamacare’s individual insurance #mandate. Developing…
• Source: Politwoops   |   North Carolina   |   June 29, 2012
• U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, via Twitter, incorrectly interpreting the Supreme Court's ruling on the federal health-care law. The tweet was deleted six minutes later.

• They're closer than they've ever been. If they punt, it's the worst thing ever.
• Source: GOVERNING   |   Nation   |   June 28, 2012
• Kirk Steudle, president of the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials, referring to Congress' progress toward passing a new long-term extension of the highway and transit spending law, which expires Saturday.

• I'm a vegan. I'm kind of hungry all the time.
• Source: Huffington Post   |   Nation   |   June 27, 2012
• U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, who supported but declined to join a four-day hunger strike led by a group of U.S. Postal Service workers calling for Congress to fix the agency's problems.

• That's the problem with being elected to a two-year term. I haven't had a whole lot of time to do other stuff.
• Source: Arizona Republic   |   Arizona   |   June 26, 2012
• Arizona state Rep. Rick Gray, who sponsored a new law that will revamp a program that rewards employees for cost-saving suggestions by giving them 10 percent of the savings. Gray is unsure when the program will start again though because he's been so focused on his reelection.

• There are some people who will never, ever accept it [diversity]. But they're dying out.
• Source: Reuters   |   Beardstown, Ill.   |   June 25, 2012
• Marge Corwin, who owns a flower and gift shop in Beardstown, Ill., where immigrants have helped the rural community thrive.