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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Michele Bachmann

Reality

Problems

Work

" Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich supported the Wall Street bailout. "

" 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 saw an unprecedented explosion of government spending and debt, unlike anything we have seen in the history of our country. "

" During my first term in Congress, I signed a pledge that I will take no more earmarks and I've been faithful to that pledge. "

Michele Bachmann

First

Faithful

" Where do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat, which became a donkey, which became a human being? There's a real lack of evidence from change from actual species to a different type of species. "

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

Michele Bachmann

Along

Get

" I get how devastating high taxes are to job creation. "

" I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it. "

" If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more than anything - just the concept of freedom, liberty, what it means. "

Michele Bachmann

World

Freedom

" 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. "

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

" 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 and I raised five kids. We've raised 23 foster children. We've applied ourselves to education reform. We started a charter school for at-risk kids. "

" I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America? I think people would be - would love to see an expose like that. "

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

" 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. "

" Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Michele Bachmann

Prayer

Believing

" 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. "

" The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no farther. "

Michele Bachmann

Three

Constitution

" I'm not involved in light, frivolous matters. I'm not involved in fringe or side issues. I'm involved in serious issues. "

" 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. "

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

" 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 is someone else. "

Michele Bachmann

Fight

Strong

" 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. "

" 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 could win the seat. "

" 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. "

" I want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people, stand once again for the independence from a government that has gotten too big and spends too much and has taken away too much of our liberties. "