I just personally decided I was going to be the first woman fighter pilot.

Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn't have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.

If we want the most effective fighting force, we need to pick the most qualified capable man for the job, even if it's a woman.

It's hard to hate up close. The more you get to know each other, the more common ground you can find and the more you can disagree without being disagreeable.

Raising taxes in an economic downturn is not a good idea.

I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God.

When you value people, you give them freedom.

We have women entering lower-paying career fields. Women are still, culturally, the primary caregivers for children, even though we would love to have fathers and mothers share responsibility.

I served my country in uniform for 26 years.

When I walk, I walk with you. Where I go, you're with me always.

Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important things.

I kinda live where I find myself.

My whole life, I have listened to people like Neil Young, or Crosby, Stills & Nash, and artists that have made a career out of the mellow, folky, acoustic dynamic.

I want to teach my daughter the importance of exercising and eating healthy as she grows up.

Civil war was not a mere strife for territory and dominion, but a contest of civilization against barbarism.

I think they should separate Microsoft's application group from its operating system group.

I grew up very conservatively and traditionally. I wanted to save myself for marriage.

You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.

America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.