If people are rude, that may be the end of the conversation, and maybe we won't have a subsequent conversation. But I believe in giving people the benefit of the doubt and believing the best about the person.
Michele BachmannThe Minnesota Republican hierarchy didn't want me to run against their incumbent in 2000; they didn't know who I was. And once many party bigwigs did get to know me, they weren't sure that I could win the seat.
Michele BachmannWhat people recognize is that there's a fear that the United States is in an unstoppable decline. They see the rise of China, the rise of India, the rise of the Soviet Union and our loss militarily going forward.
Michele BachmannVery effective way to do this with a bunch of second graders, is take a picture of The Lion King for instance, and a teacher might say, 'Do you know that the music for this movie was written by a gay man?' The message is: I'm better at what I do, because I'm gay.
Michele BachmannI believe that America is the indispensable nation of the world. Just the creation of this nation itself was a miracle.
Michele BachmannThe Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no farther.
Michele BachmannThere are hundreds and hundreds of scientists, many of them holding Nobel Prizes, who believe in intelligent design.
Michele BachmannMy husband and I had five biological children but we also have been raising 23 foster children.
Michele BachmannWhere do we say that a cell became a blade of grass, which became a starfish, which became a cat, which became a donkey, which became a human being? There's a real lack of evidence from change from actual species to a different type of species.
Michele BachmannMarriage was created by the hand of God. No man, not even a Supreme Court, can undo what a holy God has instituted.
Michele BachmannMany children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge.
Michele BachmannI think it's best if there's an amendment that goes on the ballot where the people can weigh in. Every time this issue has gone on the ballot, the people have voted to retain the traditional definition of marriage as recently as California in 2008.
Michele BachmannPeople confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.
Michele BachmannBut we also know that the very founders that wrote those documents worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States. I think it is high time that we recognize the contribution of our forbearers who worked tirelessly, men like John Quincy Adams, who would not rest until slavery was extinguished in the country.
Michele BachmannOur children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal and natural and that perhaps they should try it, and that'll be very soon in our public schools all across the state, beginning in kindergarten.
Michele BachmannI don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians. We've had an earthquake; we've had a hurricane. He said, 'Are you going to start listening to me here?' Listen to the American people because the American people are roaring right now. They know government is on a morbid obesity diet and we've got to rein in the spending.
Michele BachmannI was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've been here ever since.
Michele BachmannMitt Romney understands the private sector, he understands how profit is created, and he isn't embarrassed by it.
Michele BachmannThey can get married. They can marry a man if they're a woman. Or they can marry a woman if they're a man.
Michele BachmannLook into the heart of each child. That child might be suffering and eventually they'll be an adult, but help them get to that next plane because they have something to offer.
Michele BachmannThis nation has gotten away from the principles of the founding fathers under the failed leadership of Barack Obama. This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again.
Michele BachmannI come from a modest background. I put myself through college and law school and a postdoctorate program in tax law.
Michele BachmannA man can do a television interview and roll out of bed 15 minutes before; it's just not the same for a woman. A woman has to pay attention to her hair, makeup, clothing, and jewelry choices.
Michele BachmannWe 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.
Michele BachmannWe need a strong, bold constitutional conservative who won't back down and who will fight for the values we believe in. That's what we need for our nominee, whether it is me or whether it is someone else.
Michele BachmannGovernment has really been growing, a lot of largesse, but the people in the real world aren't. And that's what has to change. Government has no conformity at all with the real world.
Michele BachmannIf we want to kill Obamacare and we want to end socialized medicine, it must be done in the next election!
Michele BachmannLet's not do that. Let's love people. Let's care about people. Let's repeal it now while we can.
Michele BachmannNever in the history of the United States have we cut back on troops when we've been at war.
Michele BachmannI want my candidacy for the presidency of the United States to stand for a moment when we the people stand once again for the independence from a government that has gotten too big and spends too much and has taken away too much of our liberties.
Michele BachmannCarbon dioxide is natural, it is not harmful, it is a part of Earth's lifecycle. And yet we're being told that we have to reduce this natural substance, reduce the American standard of living, to create an arbitrary reduction in something that is naturally occurring in Earth.
Michele BachmannLiterally, if we took away the minimum wage - if conceivably it was gone - we could potentially virtually wipe out unemployment completely because we would be able to offer jobs at whatever level.
Michele BachmannWhen 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.
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