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" 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. "

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

Michele Bachmann

Economy

Small Business

Small

" 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. "

" Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure. "

" I've given birth to five babies and I breastfed every single one of these babies. To think that government has to go out and buy my breast pump for my babies. You wanna talk about the nanny state? I think we just got the new definition of a nanny. "

" I don't need government to be successful. "

" 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 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. "

" I come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" A normal way that the American free market system has worked is that we have a process of unwinding. It's called bankruptcy. It doesn't mean, necessarily, that the industry is eclipsed or that it's gone. Often times, the phoenix rises out of the ashes. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 of the United States. "

" 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 a representative for a specific Congressional district. "

" 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. "

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

Michele Bachmann

Tell

Enough

" 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. "

" I come here as one of you - an Iowan! "

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

" Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill. "

" The world defines 'waste' very differently than Jesus does. "

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

" My husband and I had five biological children but we also have been raising 23 foster children. "

" The Republican Party is extremely pro-women. "

" I was born into a Christian family and brought up in a Lutheran church. My faith has been the center point of my life, really, since I was a child, but at 16 years of age, I fully surrendered my life over to Christ. At that point, as a teenager, I began to grasp the concept of Christ's true love and forgiveness. "

" I've always been pro-life from conception to natural death. It's important for the Republican nominee to maintain what we stand for. We are the party that stands for all of life, whether it's convenient or inconvenient, whether it's perfect or imperfect. "

" 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

" 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. "