Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.

If a caribou needs to be sacrificed for the sake of energy independence, I say, 'Mr. Caribou, maybe you need to take one for the team.'

What can we do to nurture and support a people capable of living in freedom?

I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door. Show me where the open door is.

We need a commander in chief not a professor of law standing at a lectern - the lectern.

I have a vast variety of sources where we get our news. Alaska isn't a foreign country.

The fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.