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 don’t need government to be successful.

The Minnesota Republican hierarchy didn’t want me to run against their incumbent in 2000; they didn’t know who I was. And once many party bigwigs did get to know me, they weren’t sure that I...

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.

We need a strong, bold constitutional conservative who won’t back down and who will fight for the values we believe in. That’s what we need for our nominee, whether it is me or whether it...

I think people recognize I’m very sincere in what I say.

It would be fun to have someone in the White House who has worked in the private sector… and someone who understands that wealth creation is a good thing and they want more of it....

John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he was actively involved.

I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn their state law.

Never in the history of the United States have we cut back on troops when we’ve been at war.

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 have a very high opinion of Steve King and his ability, so I would encourage him to consider any position for higher office.

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.

What I want to do is to make sure that we fully repeal Obamacare. This will be one of the largest spending initiatives we will ever see in our country. And also, it will take...

We’re running out of rich people in this country.

I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.

The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my opinion – well, eight years is also long enough for an individual to serve as...

My future is full – it is limitless – and my passions for America will remain.

If we want to kill Obamacare and we want to end socialized medicine, it must be done in the next election!

The American people’s vote can’t be bought.

Certainly people make mistakes in their life. I’m no different, I’ve made mistakes. When people mess up, we forgive them. When I mess up, I ask for forgiveness.

After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington to please stop spending money we don’t have. But, instead of cutting, we...

I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I’ve been here ever since.

When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, D.C., I did everything I could to defeat cap and trade. I didn’t work to implement cap and trade.

All of the problems we’re facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It’s called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works in a fantasy world. It doesn’t work in reality.

Everything I need to know, I learned in Iowa. I grew up here in Iowa.

If you ask people do you think that government should spend less money than what it takes in, most people agree with that.

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.

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...

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.

The one thing you can’t buy, find, or create is time.

I’m not only a lawyer, I have a post doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I work in serious scholarship and work in the United States federal tax court. My husband...

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...

I’d like to give zero out capital gains tax and zero out the dividends tax, zero out alternative minimum tax, and zero out the death tax.

I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a – a call for the federal constitutional amendment, because people want to make sure that this definition of marriage remains...

Deprivation sometimes can be one of the most marvelous teachers.

Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge.

People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people’s money versus people being compassionate with their own money.

I pledge to you I’m not a talker. I’m a doer.

My view of foreign policy is that we need to be careful and circumspect about United States intervention in any foreign nation.

Though I’m a congresswoman by title, a politician I’ve never been.

Small business is the backbone of our economy. I’m for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs are generated.

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...

Let me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already.

I want to state unequivocally for the world, as well as for the markets, as well as for the American people: I have no doubt that we will not lose the full faith and credit...

I want to be America’s Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady.

Mitt Romney understands the private sector, he understands how profit is created, and he isn’t embarrassed by it.

People think when you have a, quote, ‘bank failure,’ that that is the end of the bank. And it isn’t necessarily.

The Tea Party is an organic, spontaneous movement that rose up in opposition to to the Pelosi-Reid-Obama agenda.

No politician was more maligned than Ronald Reagan.