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During my first term in Congress, I signed a pledge that I will take no more earmarks and I've been faithful to that pledge.

Michele Bachmann

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Michele Bachmann
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: April 6
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Michele Marie Bachmann
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If we look at American history, between 1942 and 1947, the data that was collected by the Census Bureau was handed over to the FBI and other organizations at the request of President Roosevelt, and that's how the Japanese were rounded up and put into the internment camps.
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They can get married. They can marry a man if they're a woman. Or they can marry a woman if they're a man... there are no special rights for people based upon your sex practices. There's no special rights based upon what you do in your sex life. You're an American citizen first and foremost and that's it.
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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.
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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.
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And what a bizarre time we're in, Jan, when a judge will say to little children that you can't say the pledge of allegiance, but you must learn that homosexuality is normal and you should try it.
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The world defines 'waste' very differently than Jesus does.
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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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A woman (Terri Schiavo) was healthy. There was brain damage, there was no question. But from a health point of view, she was not terminally ill.
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Our nation needs to stop doing for people what they can and should do for themselves. Self reliance means, if anyone will not work, neither should he eat.
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The Republican Party is extremely pro-women.
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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.
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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.
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My husband is not running for the presidency, neither are my children, neither is our business, neither are our foster children.
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Before we get started, let's all say 'Happy Birthday' to Elvis Presley today.
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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.
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It isn't that I was born thinking I had to be president. I'm getting a lot of encouragement to run from people across the country. I don't believe this is a rash decision.
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I 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.
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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.
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Under President Bachmann you will see gasoline come down below $2 a gallon again.
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If there was one word on a motivation or world view, that one word would be 'liberty.' That's what inspires me and motivates me more than anything - just the concept of freedom, liberty, what it means.
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