I 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.

I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the states to overturn their state law.

I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a - a call for the federal constitutional amendment, because people want to make sure that this definition of marriage remains secure, because after all, the family is the fundamental unit of government.

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

I always worked very hard against the unconstitutional individual mandate in health care. I didn't praise it.

People think when you have a, quote, 'bank failure,' that that is the end of the bank. And it isn't necessarily.

A normal way that the American free market system has worked is that we have a process of unwinding. It's called bankruptcy. It doesn't mean, necessarily, that the industry is eclipsed or that it's gone. Often times, the phoenix rises out of the ashes.

I was opposed to the U.S. involvement in Libya from the very start. President Obama has never made a compelling national security case on Libya.

My view of foreign policy is that we need to be careful and circumspect about United States intervention in any foreign nation.

The American people's vote can't be bought.

The Tea Party is an organic, spontaneous movement that rose up in opposition to to the Pelosi-Reid-Obama agenda.

The biased left-wing media does what it wants. That's not going to define me or hamper me.

No politician was more maligned than Ronald Reagan.

The law limits anyone from serving as president of the United States for more than eight years. And in my opinion - well, eight years is also long enough for an individual to serve as a representative for a specific Congressional district.

You will never see President Bachmann step one toe out of the United States and apologize for this country.

I don't want the United States to be in a global economy where our economic future is bound to that of Zimbabwe. We can't necessarily trust the decisions that are being made financially in other countries.

I want to state unequivocally for the world, as well as for the markets, as well as for the American people: I have no doubt that we will not lose the full faith and credit of the United States.

I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power.

The 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.

I've always been pro-life from conception to natural death. It's important for the Republican nominee to maintain what we stand for. We are the party that stands for all of life, whether it's convenient or inconvenient, whether it's perfect or imperfect.

I wish the American media would take a great look at the views of the people in Congress and find out, are they pro-America or anti-America? I think people would be - would love to see an expose like that.

I have a very high opinion of Steve King and his ability, so I would encourage him to consider any position for higher office.

I am proud of my husband, Marcus, the love of my life, and his Swiss heritage. Even though I have been a dual citizen since I was married in 1978, I have never exercised any rights of that citizenship.

We're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time - every man doing that which is right in his own eyes.

I don't need government to be successful.

The world defines 'waste' very differently than Jesus does.

I would agree that President Carter didn't live up to the expectation we all had when he came in 1976. My husband and I were young idealists who worked on his campaign.

People confuse compassion with government being compassionate with other people's money versus people being compassionate with their own money.

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

Let me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already.

What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint justices who uphold the Constitution and who don't see themselves as a super legislature.

Government 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.

Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich supported the Wall Street bailout.

If you ask people do you think that government should spend less money than what it takes in, most people agree with that.

People were floored when they saw that the underwear bomber, after less than 50 minutes of interrogation, was given the rights, privileges, and immunities of an American citizen under the Constitution.

Never in the history of the United States have we cut back on troops when we've been at war.

I made a decision when I ran for president that I wouldn't whine about my coverage in the media, and I never did.

Without a doubt, absolutely, a woman will be a president, and probably sooner rather than later. I am excited about that, and if what I did serves as a steppingstone for another woman down the course, I am very grateful to have had that chance.

What 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.

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.

My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that. So, I understand the difficulties that families have. I understand single parenting.

Why would any parent want their kid on their health-care plan when they are 26? Parents want their kids to grow up and take care of themselves. A 26-year-old is an adult.

I want to be America's Margaret Thatcher. I will be the next Iron Lady.

We aren't using Guantanamo Bay anymore to take additional terrorists. That was the perfect facility to be able to use to extract information from people to keep the American people safe.

You don't stay married for 33 years and not compromise.

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.

John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he was actively involved.

My future is full - it is limitless - and my passions for America will remain.

It is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. So we don't. Rather than rely on race, we use our criminal justice system to label people of color 'criminals' and then engage in all the practices we supposedly left behind.

When we pull back the curtain and take a look at what our 'colorblind' society creates without affirmative action, we see a familiar social, political, and economic structure - the structure of racial caste. The entrance into this new caste system can be found at the prison gate.