Quotes from Todd Akin

I may not be the favourite candidate of some people within the Republican establishment, but the voters made a decision.

My base will show up in earthquakes.

The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.

At the heart of liberalism really is a hatred for God and a belief that government should replace God.

More freedom means more jobs... less government and less taxes.

Self-ruled Taiwan cannot be expected to accept such an affront to the legitimacy of its government and the self-determination of the Taiwanese people.

The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history.

Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996.

By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government.

I am deeply concerned about America.

Social Security is a tax.

Just dying should not be a reason for taxes.

I was involved in some peaceful protests.

We have a long heritage of freedom that defines America. We believe there is a Creator who blessed us with life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

You know, don't tell anybody I'm a jail bird, you know, but there were a bunch of us that were years ago involved in the pro-life movement.

I'm not a quitter.

As I said, I believe life starts at conception.

We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.

America has got the equivalent of stage three cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has no business tampering in.

I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.

Anybody who knows something about the history of the human race knows that there is no civilization which has condoned homosexual marriage widely and openly that has long survived.

I stand up for the things I believe in.

Now an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but in fact the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person. All you add is food and climate control, and some time, and the embryo becomes you or me.

Now, an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but, in fact, the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person.