Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure.
— Michele Bachmann
Hey, I took karate when I was 17 years old; I am dangerous.
Literally, if we took away the minimum wage - if conceivably it was gone - we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.
When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card.
I don't have anything against Jimmy Fallon. I love him; he's a kick.
John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he was actively involved.
You don't stay married for 33 years and not compromise.
I want to be America's Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady.
My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that. So, I understand the difficulties that families have. I understand single parenting.
I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to borrow more money that we don't have, and we borrow it for the purpose of spending it.
Mitt Romney understands the private sector, he understands how profit is created, and he isn't embarrassed by it.
If you ask people do you think that government should spend less money than what it takes in, most people agree with that.
Government has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. And that's what has to change. Government has no conformity at all with the real world.
I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation.
We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly is not the church.
I would agree that President Carter didn't live up to the expectation we all had when he came in 1976. My husband and I were young idealists who worked on his campaign.
When I pray, I pray believing that God will speak to me and give me an answer to that prayer. That's what a calling is. If I pray, a calling means that I feel like I have a sense from God.
When it comes to personnel issues, I act professionally and respectful of former employees. I just assume that's a two-way street. It's disappointing when it's not.
I'm not involved in light, frivolous matters. I'm not involved in fringe or side issues. I'm involved in serious issues.
Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle.
While I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist.
I think people recognize I'm very sincere in what I say.
A man can do a television interview and roll out of bed 15 minutes before; it's just not the same for a woman. A woman has to pay attention to her hair, makeup, clothing, and jewelry choices.
You can't take money from the taxpayers out of the treasury to give it to pay off your political donors. That's corruption to do that.
Voting has not been tough for me, for the most part, because there's guideposts about what will bring about the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.
When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to have attacks by all sides.
Without a doubt, absolutely, a woman will be a president, and probably sooner rather than later. I am excited about that, and if what I did serves as a steppingstone for another woman down the course, I am very grateful to have had that chance.
Never in the history of the United States have we cut back on troops when we've been at war.
Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich supported the Wall Street bailout.
What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint justices who uphold the Constitution and who don't see themselves as a super legislature.
Small-business people do not want to have more than 50 employees, because that's when all the regulatory burden of Obamacare kicks in.
People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.
The world defines 'waste' very differently than Jesus does.
We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right in his own eyes.
The one thing you can't buy, find, or create is time.
I am convinced in my heart and in my mind that if the United States fails to stand with Israel, that is the end of the United States. We have to show that we are inextricably entwined, that as a nation we have been blessed because of our relationship with Israel, and if we reject Israel, then there is a curse that comes into play.
If we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the Census Bureau was handed over to the FBI and other organizations at the request of President Roosevelt, and that's how the Japanese were rounded up and put into the internment camps.
I've learned the hard way at the national level that any erroneous statement will very quickly be magnified. So, as someone who talks for a living, I've learned to check, double-check and triple-check my sources.
My future is full - it is limitless - and my passions for America will remain.
I think that the American people are curious about who a candidate is, what their background is, who their family is, what their faith experience has been, their education, their work experience. All of those are factors that voters look at because they want to take a measure of the individual.
We aren't using Guantanamo Bay anymore to take additional terrorists. That was the perfect facility to be able to use to extract information from people to keep the American people safe.
Why would any parent want their kid on their health-care plan when they are 26? Parents want their kids to grow up and take care of themselves. A 26-year-old is an adult.
What people recognize is that there's a fear that the United States is in an unstoppable decline. They see the rise of China, the rise of India, the rise of the Soviet Union and our loss militarily going forward.
I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never did.
People were floored when they saw that the underwear bomber, after less than 50 minutes of interrogation, was given the rights, privileges, and immunities of an American citizen under the Constitution.
The Republican Party is extremely pro-women.
Let me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already.
Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs are generated.
Deprivation sometimes can be one of the most marvelous teachers.
I don't need government to be successful.
