Quotes from Michele Bachmann

We're running out of rich people in this country.

Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure.

Voting has not been tough for me, for the most part, because there's guideposts about what will bring about the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest amount of people.

The American people's vote can't be bought.

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.

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

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.

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.

Michael Steele! You be da man! You be da man!

They can get married. They can marry a man if they're a woman. Or they can marry a woman if they're a man.

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.

My heart really softens when I think about mothering because the greatest lessons that I've learned in life have been as a mother.

I never questioned Barack Obama's patriotism.

I grew up with three brothers and no sisters. That's the best preparation for politics any girl can have.

There is a difference between God as a sense of comfort, and God actually telling you what to do!

I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians.

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.

The good news is, the cake is baked. Barack Obama will not be reelected president.

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

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

You don't stay married for 33 years and not compromise.

I am proud of my husband, Marcus, the love of my life, and his Swiss heritage. Even though I have been a dual citizen since I was married in 1978, I have never exercised any rights of that citizenship.

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

I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn their state law.