We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly is not the church.

I just take the Bible for what it is, I guess, and recognize that I am not a scientist, not trained to be a scientist. I'm not a deep thinker on all of this. I wish I was. I wish I was more knowledgeable, but I'm not a scientist.

When you are running for the presidency of the United States, you have to expect that you are going to have attacks by all sides.

I’m not only a lawyer, I have a post-doctorate degree in federal tax law from William and Mary. I’ve worked in serious scholarship ... my husband and I have raised five kids, we’ve raised 23 foster children. We’ve applied ourselves to education reform. We started a charter school for at-risk kids.

Small-business people do not want to have more than 50 employees, because that's when all the regulatory burden of Obamacare kicks in.

This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again.

When I was in Minnesota serving in the state Senate and in Washington, DC, I did everything I could to defeat cap and trade. I didn't work to implement cap and trade.