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" We can sit between active drilling operations in neighboring countries, complaining that it's too risky to develop our own resources while the world around us does exactly that. "

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" I think there are a lot of outside interests that would like to see Sarah Palin in some form of elected office. Most in Alaska recognize our former governor is really not involved in or engaged in the state anymore, that she's moved to other interests. "

Lisa Murkowski

She

Outside

Alaska

" It's much more powerful to say I'm working to reduce spending, deal with our nation's deficit, push back on the federal government, and give specifics for that rather than just say, 'I'm a conservative.' "

" Seniority actually means something in the Senate. "

" There are times when you need to pitch a fit and other times when you need to apply Catholic guilt, and it's just figuring out which is the most appropriate approach and then implementing it. "

" I believe marriages should be legally defined as between one man and one woman. "

" If there's anybody who is recognized as the one guy who has stymied Alaskan development, it's Bill Clinton. "

" I think Alaskans expect me to think, to think about them and do the right thing for them. "

Lisa Murkowski

Think

Do The Right Thing

" I've supported the repeal of ObamaCare. "

" Any efforts or opportunity to expand the civil bonds and rights to anyone that wants to build a stable, happy household should be promoted. "

" You've got to move us to these technologies that allow us to get to the clean-energy source. If we can't work to reduce the cost, you're not going to see them implemented unless there is a path of unlimited subsidies, and that's not doable, either. We can kick-start the research process, but we have to do that from a position of economic strength. "

" What you get when you elect Lisa Murkowski is you get somebody who builds on that legacy that Ted Stevens built for our state for 40 years that continues on that path, that trajectory, to helping a young state like Alaska build us out. "

" What I am delivering to Alaska is a future that holds hope and opportunity for jobs, for people in this state. "

" I will be sent back to Washington, D.C., with the grace of God and all the Alaskan voters out there because all Alaskans have asked me to go back and continue my service. "

Lisa Murkowski

God

Grace

" In order to represent the state, you've got to be in the state. "

" What could be more important to the pursuit of happiness than the right to choose your spouse without asking a Washington politician for permission? "

" It doesn't make sense to argue about how much global warming is caused by man - whether it's 5 percent or 50 percent. "

" What people unfortunately relate to when they think of Alaska oil was when the Exxon Valdez went aground because of a captain that was drunk. But when you look to how we have been safely producing and moving Alaska's oil for decades, it is a track record that is enviable. "

" I have nothing against President McKinley whatsoever, but I would rather have this peak be called by the name it has gone by for centuries by Alaskans than a man who never set foot in our state. This is the tallest mountain in North America, and we deserve to have this Alaskan landmark bear an Alaskan name. "

" I'm not a quitter - never have been. "

" I am working for Alaska's best interests. "

" Like the majority of Alaskans, I supported a constitutional amendment in 1998 defining marriage as only between a man and a woman, but my thinking has evolved as America has witnessed a clear cultural shift. "

" The thought of losing Ted Stevens, a man who was known to business and community leaders, Native chiefs and everyday Alaskans as Uncle Ted, is too difficult to fathom. He truly was the greatest of the Greatest Generation. "

" One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority. "

" We don't have time as a nation to spend all of what we do blocking. "

" We still have billions of barrels in Alaska that sit untapped. There are abundant reserves offshore in the lower 48. "

" I do believe that Planned Parenthood provides vital services to those in need and disagree with its funding cuts contained in the H.R. 1 package. "

" It is fundamentally important in our system of government that every American be given the opportunity to vote, regardless of who they are, where they live, and what their race or national origin may be. "

" I did not believe and I do not believe that Planned Parenthood should be defunded. "

" With the notion of marriage - an exclusive, emotional, binding 'til death do you part' tie - becoming more and more an exception to the rule given a rise in cohabitation and high rates of divorce, why should the federal government be telling adults who love one another that they cannot get married simply because they happen to be gay? "

" I believe it is important that Title X organizations continue to receive funding. "