Michele Bachmann Quotes

I have a very strong, very proven record that I am not a compromiser. [...] I have a spine made out of titanium.

One thing that all of my children, biological and foster children, have taught me is the unbelievable diversity of talent and giftedness that all people have.

You should get to keep every dollar that you earn. That's your money. That's not the government's money.

I'm an affectionate person I'm a person who hugs, hugs people and I shake hands.

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.

Look into the heart of each child. That child might be suffering and eventually they'll be an adult, but help them get to that next plane because they have something to offer.

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.

We need one strong hombre or hombre-ette, and I'm the hombre-ette to go and stand for you in Washington DC.

I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians.

I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never did.

My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander-in-chief.

If you threw a barbecue yesterday for the Memorial weekend, it was 29 percent more expensive than last year because Barack Obama's policies have led to groceries going up 29 percent.

Let's not do that. Let's love people. Let's care about people. Let's repeal it now while we can.

I haven’t had a gaffe or something that I’ve done that has caused me to fall in the polls.

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.

And I would begin with the EPA, because there is no other agency like the EPA. It should really be renamed the 'job-killing organization of America.'

I think if we give Glenn Beck the numbers, he can solve this [the national debt].

This [health care reform] cannot pass. What we have to do today is make a covenant, to slit our wrists, be blood brothers on this thing. This will not pass.

I never questioned Barack Obama's patriotism.

We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic.

They (voters) want to know what's the truth. They're not interested in a chameleon.

Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again.

I think the people that Barack Obama has been associating with are anti-American, by and large.

You will never see President Bachmann step one toe out of the United States and apologize for this country.

The good news is, the cake is baked. Barack Obama will not be reelected president.

Michael Steele! You be da man! You be da man!

Spending comes just as natural to liberals in Minnesota and the Minnesota legislature as bashing decency comes to the editorial board of our major metropolitan newspapers.

A woman (Terri Schiavo) was healthy. There was brain damage, there was no question. But from a health point of view, she was not terminally ill.

It isn't that I was born thinking I had to be president. I'm getting a lot of encouragement to run from people across the country. I don't believe this is a rash decision.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure.

Small-business people do not want to have more than 50 employees, because that's when all the regulatory burden of Obamacare kicks in.

While I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist.

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.

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

I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power.

Deprivation sometimes can be one of the most marvelous teachers.

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

I am a fighter. I'm not just there to go along and get along.

The Republican Party is extremely pro-women.

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

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

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.

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.