I think that the American people are curious about who a candidate is, what their background is, who their family is, what their faith experience has been, their education, their work experience. All of those are factors that voters look at because they want to take a measure of the individual.
Michele BachmannIf we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the Census Bureau was handed over to the FBI and other organizations at the request of President Roosevelt, and that's how the Japanese were rounded up and put into the internment camps.
Michele BachmannMy heart really softens when I think about mothering because the greatest lessons that I've learned in life have been as a mother.
Michele BachmannWhile I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist.
Michele BachmannPeople think when you have a, quote, 'bank failure,' that that is the end of the bank. And it isn't necessarily.
Michele BachmannOne thing that happens often times in family life is that people think maybe the challenge you are having with a child when they are a teenager or even in adolescence that this is going to go on forever and it doesn't. They get to their 20s, they change dramatically in their 20s. So sometimes it's just holding on for the ride, and just being there and holding on for the ride.
Michele Bachmann