I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.

If you don't run, you can't win.

And I have to tell you as a grandmother, I worry about the fact that my grandchildren are going to be paying for all the spending, including military spending, that has gone on and the tax cuts that have come through.

Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president who tells us what America is fighting for, not just what we are fighting against. We want a president who will defend human rights - not just where it is convenient - but wherever freedom is at risk - from Chile to Afghanistan, from Poland to South Africa

I knew what leukemia and lymphoma were, but I had never heard of multiple myeloma.

If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.

I am the first to admit that were I not a woman, I would not have been the vice-presidential nominee.