Sarah Palin

“We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.”

“Unless government appropriately regulates oil developments and holds oil executives accountable, the public will not trust them to drill, baby, drill. And we must!”

“In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change.”

“Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it.”

“The administration says, then, there are no downsides or upsides to treating terrorists like civilian criminal defendants, but a lot of us would beg to differ.”

“We're red, white and blue, and President Obama, we are through with you.”

“I think President Obama is trying to deceive the public in pretending that he was not a part of Congress that has made some decisions in the past that got us to where we are today.”

“Well, let's see. There's—of course in the great history of America there have been rulings that there's never going to be absolute consensus by every American, and there are those issues, again, like Roe v. Wade, where I believe are best held on a state level and addressed there. So, you know, going through the history of America, there would be others. But, um.”

“People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.”

“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.”

“We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.”

“People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know that there is nothing wrong in America that a good old-fashioned election can't fix.”

“I'm pro-life. I'll do all I can to see every baby is created with a future and potential. The legislature should do all it can to protect human life.”

“The only place that the left hasn't placed the blame is on their agenda, so some advice for our friends on that side of the aisle: that's where you've gotta look because that's what got you into this mess.”

“To reduce deficit spending and our enormous debt, you reign in spending. You cut the budget. You don't take more from the private sector and grow government with it. And that's exactly what Obama has in mind with this expiration of Bush tax cuts proposal of his.”

“We believe every child is created equal with the right to life.”

“My fellow citizens, the American Presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.”

“God's will has to be done, in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that.”

“The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy can't be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would do well to take note of an observation John F. Kennedy made once he was in office - that all of the world's problems aren't his predecessor's fault.”

“To the families of special needs children all across this country I have a message for you: for years you have sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters, and I pledge to you that if we're elected, you will have a friend, an advocate, in The White House.”