”Our nation was founded on violence. The option is on the table. I don’t think that we should ever remove anything from the table as it relates to our liberties and our freedoms.”

—Tea Party-backed Texas GOP congressional candidate Stephen Broden, suggesting the violent overthrow of the democratically elected U.S. government if Republicans don’t win at the ballot box, interview with Dallas’s WFAA-TV, Oct. 21, 2010-