Todd Akin

“I'm standing for real freedom.”

“I don't know the future.”

“I will work with anyone that wants to get America back on track and make sure that the government is the servant and no longer the master.”

“Now an embryo may seem like some scientific or laboratory term, but in fact the embryo contains the unique information that defines a person. All you add is food and climate control, and some time, and the embryo becomes you or me.”

“The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.”

“I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life.”

“I stand up for the things I believe in.”

“We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.”