Quotables

‘Democrats, Republicans, libertarians, and vegetarians don’t like late-term abortion.’

Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham on polls showing widespread public support for a ban on late-term abortions. Only three out of 46 Senate Democrats voted to bring the ban up for consideration on Sept. 22, even though a Quinnipiac poll found 46 percent of Democratic voters support it.

‘Sorry mom.’

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush in a tweet after he admitted during a GOP debate to smoking marijuana in high school.

‘It’s all right on top of our dog’s house.’

Maya Donnelly of Nogales, Texas, on a 26-pound bundle of marijuana that dropped from the sky and through the carport at her home. Nogales Police Chief Derek Arnson said an aircraft smuggling drugs from Mexico likely mistakenly dropped the bundle.

‘If I was the one selling raffle tickets and I didn’t pay, I would be sued or in jail or both.’

Rhonda Rasche, winner of $50,000 from the Illinois Lottery, on her lawsuit against the lottery for giving her an IOU instead of payment. The Illinois Lottery is continuing to advertise and sell tickets even though the state comptroller cannot sign checks for more than $25,000 due to a budget impasse between the governor and the legislature of the debt-ridden state.

‘We always have the right to respond with our own opinions, but there is no right not to be offended.’

Wesleyan University President Michael Roth, along with two other Wesleyan officials, in a blog post titled “Black Lives Matter and So Does Free Speech.” The post was in response to calls to defund a school newspaper that ran a column critical of the Black Lives Matter movement.