Latest Michele Bachmann Quotes from Interviews

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• Many children in the foster care system are often in the midst of a family challenge. Marcus, my husband and I sought to assist families during difficult times. We aren't perfect people, nor are we a perfect family, but these children didn't expect us to be either. They needed a loving home and care, and we tried our best every single day.

  Michele Bachmann

  Children, Husband, Home

  Source: www.christianpost.com

• We have to have a candidate who is going to stand for our issues and our values and be a true, proven constitutional conservative.

  Michele Bachmann

  Conservative, Values

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• I'm the only one that can take the debate to Barack Obama and win and be elected.

  Michele Bachmann

  Winning, Debate, Barack

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

• Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich represent the big government frugal socialist wing of the party. And I represent the true constitutional conservative wing of our party.

  Michele Bachmann

  Party, Conservative, Big Government

• I love women. I love their hearts. There are a lot of women who are suffering. A lot of women who have been disappointed, have been let down. One thing I'd like women to know is the message: Hold on. Hold on. Be faithful to your kids. Hold on for the future because life doesn't always necessarily stay the way that it is. It will get better.

  Michele Bachmann

  Heart, Kids, Faithful

• I talk to a lot of women who have difficult times who are suffering. I really want women to be encouraged and to have hope because things can get better. Make good decisions, stop making bad ones, because we have to take responsibility too. But make good decisions and really the future will be a lot better for your kids - and yourself.

  Michele Bachmann

  Kids, Responsibility, Decision

• The No. 1 thing that I care about is the fact that I did my job by the children because that has a legacy that will far outlive me. Because it won't only be them, it will be how they impact their children and the next generation.

  Michele Bachmann

  Jobs, Children, Impact

• I'm not a fool and I won't be taken for a ride. I will stand up for my self but at the same time I don't presume the worst and I don't see people coming at me with negativity. Until they do.

  Michele Bachmann

  Taken, Self, People

• I'm an affectionate person I'm a person who hugs, hugs people and I shake hands.

  Michele Bachmann

  Hands, People, Hug

• It's important for us to be kind to other people and treat other people the way that we want to be treated.

  Michele Bachmann

  People, Important, Want

• 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.

  Michele Bachmann

  Believe, People, Giving

• I feel like I'm a professional. I've been a professional for a number of years. I'm a businesswoman and a tax lawyer and a professional and so that's how I treat other people.

  Michele Bachmann

  Years, Numbers, People

• My mother is the one who taught me to be a lady by her actions. I observed the way that she dressed and the way that she carried herself. And both my grandmothers, they were women of very modest means. But they were also ladies.

  Michele Bachmann

  Mother, Mean, Way

• I'm a very good decision maker because I have core set of principles and so I can make decisions. Decisions can be very hard and you have to wrestle with them, but I'm able to get all the data on the table and figure out what would be the best decision because decisions mean ill for some people and mean positives for others.

  Michele Bachmann

  Mean, Data, People

• One thing that happens often times in family life is that people think maybe the challenge you are having with a child when they are a teenager or even in adolescence that this is going to go on forever and it doesn't. They get to their 20s, they change dramatically in their 20s. So sometimes it's just holding on for the ride, and just being there and holding on for the ride.

  Michele Bachmann

  Children, Teenager, Thinking

• One thing that all of my children, biological and foster children, have taught me is the unbelievable diversity of talent and giftedness that all people have.

  Michele Bachmann

  Children, People, Diversity

• Look into the heart of each child. That child might be suffering and eventually they'll be an adult, but help them get to that next plane because they have something to offer.

  Michele Bachmann

  Children, Heart, Suffering

• We all have different competencies. Some of us are intellectually gifted, some of us athletically gifted, some of us are great listeners. Everyone has a different level of what they can do.

  Michele Bachmann

  Different, Levels, Gifted

• My heart really softens when I think about mothering because the greatest lessons that I've learned in life have been as a mother.

  Michele Bachmann

  Mother, Heart, Thinking

• A lot of families deal with messy, inconvenient situations. Because that's life. Life doesn't turn out and it's not perfect. My life hasn't been perfect but it's what I'm going to make out of it.

  Michele Bachmann

  Perfect, Messy, Situation

• Looking backwards, I look at my resume and I look at the things I've accomplished, but quite honestly there's just that word, 'Mother', I just saw it on the paper, and I that's the one that means the most to me.

  Michele Bachmann

  Mother, Mean, Looks

• Obamacare is a crime against democracy because a material part of that bill was not disclosed to the Senate nor to the House of Representatives. The funding was hidden in the bill. That was fraud and I can't vote for any budget that fails to bring back that money from Obamacare.

  Michele Bachmann

  Obamacare, House, Democracy

  "I Have a Spine Made Out of Titanium". Interview with Marc Hujer, www.spiegel.de. April 18, 2011.

• I have a very strong, very proven record that I am not a compromiser. [...] I have a spine made out of titanium.

  Michele Bachmann

  Strong, Records, Made

  "I Have a Spine Made Out of Titanium". Interview with Marc Hujer, www.spiegel.de. April 18, 2011.

• I grew up with three brothers and no sisters. That's the best preparation for politics any girl can have.

  Michele Bachmann

  Girl, Brother, Preparation

  "Michele Bachmann Discusses Campaign Strategy in Light of Falling Poll Numbers". "The O'Reilly Factor" with Bill O'Reilly, www.foxnews.com. September 26, 2011.

• There is a difference between God as a sense of comfort, and God actually telling you what to do!

  Michele Bachmann

  Differences, Comfort

  "Listen to the People More Often. A 'Friendly' Little Interview with Michele Bachmann" by Scott Rohter, www.lessgovisthebestgov.com. August 2011.