Quotes from Rick Santorum

Look at the political base of the Democratic Party: It is single mothers who run a household. Why? Because it's so tough economically that they look to the government for help and therefore they're going to vote.

The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that. I think we absolutely have rights because there are consequences to letting people live out whatever wants or passions they desire.

My feeling is that the judge has a responsibility to the Constitution first, precedent second. Precedent is one factor. It is not the only factor. If it was the only factor, then, you know, we wouldn't have had Roe vs. Wade. We wouldn't have had Griswold. We wouldn't have had Lawrence. We wouldn't have had all these cases which the Left love.

You can't have a limited government if the family breaks down.

I think there are a lot of successful people in this country who connect amazingly well with the American people and have - and one of the reasons they are successful is because they connect well.

When I say things like 'Marriage should be between one man and one woman,' I'm called a bigot.

My mom was a working woman. She made more money than my dad. Both my parents worked. And this was in the '60s.

My feeling is, well, if it's my money, I have a right to judge.

The more money you take away from families is the less power that family has. And that's a basic power.

The notion that college education is a cost-effective way to help poor, low-skill, unmarried mothers with high school diplomas or GEDs move up the economic ladder is just wrong.

I don't think God will continue to bless America if we continue to kill 1.2 million children every year.

We were put on this Earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the Earth, to use it wisely and steward it wisely, but for our benefit not for the Earth's benefit.

One of my opponents [Romney] recently said that it would take an act of God for me to win this primary. I agree with him.

You can't ignore the reality that faith and family, those two things are integral parts of having limited government, lower taxes, and free societies.

Defend the church. Defend the family. Defend the non-profit community. Defend them against a government that wants to weaken them.

In 1923 there were no government benefits for immigrants except one: Freedom!

[Health reform] will destroy the country [because] in the next year or so [America will have to] dramatically cut the military because we can't pay for it.

It's the most ambitious power grab I've ever witnessed.

I'm someone who believes that making things creates wealth.

Watching President Obama apologize last week for America's arrogance - before a French audience that owes its freedom to the sacrifices of Americans - helped convince me that he has a deep-seated antipathy toward American values and traditions.

If the most liberal man that's ever been in office can get elected when 20 percent of the population identifies as liberal then I think we can elect a conservative when 40 percent of the population identifies themselves as conservative.

Candidly, I believe most corporations actually don't mind big government.

The decision he made with Usama bin Laden was a tactical decision. It wasn't a strategic decision. The strategic decision was made by President Bush to go after him. What President Obama has done on his watch, the issues that have come up while he's been president, he's gotten it wrong strategically every single time.

Candidly, I believe most corporations actually don't mind big government.