Michele Bachmann Quotes - Page 5

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• I 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.

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  Government, Earthquakes, People

  "Bachmann: Hurricane Irene Was Message From God" by Tim Murphy, www.motherjones.com. August 29, 2011.

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• We're in a state of crisis where our nation is literally ripping apart at the seams right now, and lawlessness is occurring from one ocean to the other. And we're seeing the fulfillment of the Book of Judges here in our own time, where every man doing that which is right in his own eyes-in other words, anarchy.

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  Ocean, Book, Eye

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• Carbon 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.

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  Environmental, Arbitrary, Substance

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• Gay marriage is probably the biggest issue that will impact our state and our nation in the last, at least, thirty years. I AM NOT UNDERSTATING THAT.

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  Gay, Impact, Years

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• I think people have no idea what's coming down the pike. This is the crown jewel of socialism. And we only have next week to stop it....This is socialized medicine and like I said Sean this is the crown jewel of socialism....It's unconstitutional.

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  Thinking, Next Week, Jewels

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• All of the problems we're facing with debt are manmade problems. We created them. It's called fantasy economics. Fantasy economics only works in a fantasy world. It doesn't work in reality.

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  Reality, Debt, World

  "Bachmann compares debt crisis to Holocaust" by Juana Summers, www.politico.com. April 30, 2011.

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

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  War, Boys, Eras

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. June 28, 2011.

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

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  Party, Enough Already, Tea

  "State of the Union" with Candy Crowley, transcripts.cnn.com. August 14, 2011.

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• Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge.

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  Children, Challenges, Care

  "Michele Bachmann on Faith, Family". Interview with Isabel Lyman, www.christianpost.com. June 9, 2011.

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• Mitt Romney understands the private sector, he understands how profit is created, and he isn't embarrassed by it.

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  Profit, Embarrassed, Private Sector

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• My husband and I had five biological children but we also have been raising 23 foster children.

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  Children, Husband, Five

  "'Hannity' Primary Part 2: Michele Bachmann". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. July 01, 2011.

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

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  Views, United States, Needs

  Interview with John King, www.realclearpolitics.com. May 27, 2011.

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

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  War, Cutting, United States

  "American Morning" with Carol Costello, transcripts.cnn.com. November 22, 2011.

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

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  Compassion, Government, People

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• Sarah Palin is a compelling political figure.

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  Political, Figures, Palin

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

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  Obamacare, People, Want

  Interview with Mara Liasson, www.npr.org. June 29, 2011.

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• The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no farther.

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  Government, Three, Branches

  "On the Beach, I Bring von Mises". Interview with Stephen Moore, www.wsj.com. June 11, 2011.

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• Though I'm a congresswoman by title, a politician I've never been.

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  Titles, Politician

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• While I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist.

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  Issues, Political, Citing

  Michele Bachmann (2011). “Core of Conviction: My Story”, p.85, Penguin

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• Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill.

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  Light, Government, President

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• 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.

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  Government, Organization, Church

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

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  Vanity, Quests, Glory

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• I'm not involved in light, frivolous matters. I'm not involved in fringe or side issues. I'm involved in serious issues.

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  Light, Issues, Matter

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• I'd like to give zero out capital gains tax and zero out the dividends tax, zero out alternative minimum tax, and zero out the death tax.

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  Zero, Giving, Alternatives

  "The Kudlow Report" with Larry Kudlow, www.cnbc.com. July 11, 2011.

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• Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle...

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  Earth, Natural, Carbon

  "Stumped By Science: Michele Bachmann Calls CO2 'Harmless,' 'Negligible,' 'Necessary,' 'Natural'". Brad Johnson, The Wonk Room (Think Progress), April 24, 2009.

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