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" We need to face it, as a nation we have a reliance on petroleum. "

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" 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. "

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

" Seniority actually means something in the Senate. "

" America's neighbors are not drilling for fun or for sport; they've chosen to proceed to create new jobs, generate new revenues, and increase the energy supply and prosperity of their citizens. "

" 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. "

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

" When you think about the children, one of the things that I'm quite concerned about - and I've heard it expressed by others - is trying to find how we can build better accountability, work to provide a level of education that prepares our children for the future. "

" I believe that, as Americans, our freedoms come from God and not government, and include the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "

" One thing that Alaskans clearly appreciate is seniority. "

" 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. "

" To most Alaskans, Clinton is remembered as being the one individual who has shut Alaska down by vetoing ANWR when we successfully moved it through the Congress. "

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

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" I don't fit neatly into anybody's political boxes, and I think that sometimes disturbs people. But I don't think most Alaskans fit neatly into the Republican box or the Democratic box. They don't think of themselves that way. "

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

" People think that every day we pass monumental legislation. Oftentimes, the most important thing that you have done that day is help a family with a visa. "

" You shouldn't say, 'Well, we cannot go there,' before we even had the conversation. "

" I have voted in support of efforts in the Senate to enact a Constitutional amendment that would have limited marriage to one man and one woman only. "

" 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'm all about accessing our resources; I'm all about those jobs. But I want to make sure I'm not expensing one for the other. "

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

" So much of what we do addresses the issues that are associated with climate change, whether it's working to reduce emissions, whether it's working to nail down our renewables, whether it's ensuring great efficiency in accessing all of our energy sources. "

" I'm not - I'm not going to define people by labels: who's a real Republican, who's not a real Republican. "

" 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. "

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

" I am not here as my party's nominee. I am unique among the 100 senators in that regard. "

" Alaskans deserve a fighter in the United States Senate who will always stand up for Alaska, who understands our great potential, who has the experience, respect and seniority to accomplish that. I am that senator. "

" I was advised by my assistant that the women of the Senate don't do potlucks. To which I responded, 'Of course we do.' "

" We have so many issues in this country to focus on that worry us, that I question why there is such focus on the simple right of people to love whom they will. "

" I believe when there are so many forces pulling our society apart, we need more commitment to marriage, not less. "