Michele Bachmann Quotes

Politicians are strong to the extent that they are ready to take serious decisions and fight for it.

At the end of the day, I'm fighting for the things I said I'd fight for.

If there's a principle really worth sticking up for, I'll go the whole way.

We want deeper sincerity of motive, a greater courage in speech and earnestness in action.

I'm someone who believes the truth needs to be heard. And if I'm empowered with the truth, I'm not going to shut up.

If you really believe in a cause, let the cause speak for itself. And if you, by your personality, are damaging that cause, if you really believe in it, you step aside.

Presidents with strong nerves are decisive. They don't balk at unpopular decisions. They are willing to make people angry. Bush had strong nerves. Clinton, who passed up a chance to eliminate Osama bin Laden, did not. Obama is a people pleaser, a trait not normally associated with nerves of steel.

I want no presidency; I want to do my duty. No denunciations here, or out of this House, can deflect me a single inch from going directly at what I aim, and that is, the good of the country. I have always acted upon it, and I will always act upon it.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.

When you take a stand out of deep conviction, people know. They may not even agree, but they ask, 'Do I want someone who is willing to take a hard stand and someone I can trust to do that when the chips are down?' They want that.

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.

[In politics:] He who dallies is a dastard; he who doubts is damned.

If you say you're going to be about something, let's be about it.

Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important.

You have to believe in something strongly enough that you would lose your seat over it.

I really can't get involved with any project that I don't feel a hundred percent I can stand behind.

You just gotta back up your words. Don't be scared from it, or don't shy from it.

When you stand for something, you've got to stand for it all the way, not half way.

I want to be able to look back and say that I stood where I was supposed to stand. I fought where I was supposed to fight, in the ring and out of the ring.

I stand behind everything I've done.

I don't care about motivation. I care about credibility.

For good or ill, I'm a person of leadership. I do my best. I don't dodge responsibility.

You have to do what you believe in.

When you are convinced your cause is just, you fight for it.

The quality I most admire in a man is steadfastness.