Quotes from Susana Martinez

I want to make sure that I fulfill the promises that I made to New Mexicans. That's extremely important to me.

I was a prosecutor for 25 years. I saw so many 15, 16, even 20 year-olds who could not read, had little hope that they would ever find work, faced more challenges than opportunities in life, dropped out of school at some point, and turned to crime.

When I was a young prosecutor, I got called to testify against my boss. I could have backed down, but I didn't. I stood up to him. And he fired me for it.

Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fear.

Success, they taught me, is built on the foundation of courage, hard-work and individual responsibility. Despite what some would have us believe, success is not built on resentment and fears.

As an elected official, I live a very public life. That elected figures live under something of a microscope is perhaps a necessary condition for an informed public, and yet, even as a public official, I maintain very personal documents that are not intended for public view.

There is one candidate in this election who will protect that dream. One leader who will fight hard to keep the promise of America for the next generation. And that's why we must stand up and make Mitt Romney the next president of the United States.

New Mexico's agricultural economy is primarily composed of dairy and range livestock production.

I'm an independent thinker. I am a woman. I am a Republican. And I think for myself, and I decide where I vote and how I vote.

I registered Democrat because my parents did. They were, we were. There was no thinking behind it.

My father was a security guard. I was a security guard.

In many ways, Mitt Romney and I are very different. Different starts in life. Different paths to leadership. Different cultures.

When there is a crisis, how you handle the crisis is just as important as the crisis.

'Self-deport?' What the heck does that mean?

I've known where my heritage is from all along.

When we set up our kids for failure, we set up our workforce for failure, and we set up our economy for failure. I can't emphasize enough the importance, the absolute importance, of education in achieving long-term economic growth.

I absolutely advocate for comprehensive immigration reform.

My parents grew that small business from one 18-year-old guarding a bingo to more than 125 employees in three states. And sure, there was help along the way. But my parents took the risk. They stood up. And you better believe they built it.

Republicans want to be tough and say, 'Illegals, you're gone.' But the answer is a lot more complex than that.

Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn't always take the neediest into account.

Experience has taught me that privacy truly is the touchstone of our criminal justice system.

Growing up I never imagined a little girl from a border town could one day become a governor. But this is America. In America algo es possible.

Growing up, I never imagined a girl from a border town could one day become a governor.

Certainly, cutting spending is one of the things that can transcend to the federal government. I mean, I think the federal government has grown by leaps and bounds, and they need to look where do they need to cut.