Jan Brewer

“Sometimes I haven't understood why he has done things and why things happened, but I know that God has a plan.”

“So you know, I think that the federal government, the Democrats, and President Obama are selling a lot of hope and change, but no delivery of any of those promises.”

“Texas has done a very good job of securing their borders with the help of the federal government. California has done a good job.”

“I know the pundits don't agree with me.”

“A nation without borders is like a house without walls - it collapses. And that is what is going to happen to our wonderful America.”

“Racial discrimination is illegal. It's illegal in the United States. It's illegal in Arizona. It has been and it will continue to be.”

“The Democrats complain; I choose to compete.”

“I have a responsibility as an elected governor to govern and when I say govern, that means to make sure that our citizens are safe and we need the federal government to step up and do their job. They need to secure our borders.”

“The fact of the matter is, is that we need our borders secured. Certainly, we realize that there's going to have to be some kind of immigration reform, but I don't believe any of that's going to move forward until our border is secured.”

“I think most of us in America want our security. There're so many people out there that are fearful and now with this realization of immigration, with the terrorists, we need to have better checks and balances in regards to who's emigrating into our country.”

“Ninety-nine point nine percent of the people that are gun owners are very responsible.”

“Arizona, our beautiful state, was built on mining.”

“My mother always told me that as you go through life, no matter what you do, or how you do it, you leave a little footprint, and that's your legacy.”

“Government just simply can't do everything for everyone.”

“And the bottom line is, is that they are illegal aliens entering our country. And we simply cannot sustain that kind of activity. Bottom line is it's a backdoor to amnesty and I don't believe the American people support that.”