Michele Bachmann Quotes

Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.

What I intend to do is be just a really fierce advocate for Minnesotans here in Washington, D.C.

If you want your girls to feel strong and intelligent and be outspoken and fight for what they think is right, then I want to be that type of role model.

I like strong, strong women who don't go down without a fight. I like iconic roles. They don't come around very often, so I have to wait for them. Obviously I'm not the typical blonde who stands by the side, while the man has all the fun.

I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.

Root for the girls who wear dresses and are intellectually very strong.

I guess, as an Emanuel, I have a voice that carries.

[Describing a congressman's role:] ... a sort of super lobbyist for his constituents.

By act of Congress, male officers are gentlemen, but by act of God, we are ladies. We don’t have to be little mini-men and try to be masculine and use obscene language to come across. I can take you and flip you on the floor and put your arms behind your back and you’ll never move again, without your ever knowing that I can do it.

My job as an artist is to speak up for those who might be perceived as the losers. Or those who can't shout. No wonder public-school people always get into politics or acting: they're taught to shout that much more loudly.

Superwoman is one of those superheroes that knows her power and is very comfortable in her power.

The fact is that Sarah Palin positively emanates strength. She gives off the aura of being a strong woman who doesn't back down, and she does it sporting heels and wearing her family like a badge of honour. I am sure there are a million other women out there who are doing the same thing.

I think being a young woman is a strength.

I was a Senate spouse for many, many years. I kept my own career. I was teaching and Joe was doing politics. I realized when we were elected vice president that I had a platform and I knew I was not going to waste my platform. It was going to focus women and girls' education.

Be not scared to use your voice.

It's not like I don't like the term 'Diva.' It's what you make of it.

I love strong women.

My daughter is super ballsy. I always follow her lead. I actually don't need to encourage her to take risks. She likes to push herself; she wants to see how far she can get. It's really inspiring to see that in a young woman.

I'm cool. I don't need to be skinny. I like to be strong.

I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman.

People need to see what's going on, and they have to be exposed to the mechanisms that can help make it right.

I'm a woman and I'm a backbone...everybody needs one.

Needless to say, you've got to have someone who can speak for you.

If you're a strong female, you don't need permission.

I am kind of prudish and I have very strict standards about how I present myself. But one of the things that I've always stood by is that women are beautiful and sexy. We shouldn't be afraid of that. [But] we need to make sure that we present that beauty and that sexiness in a way that says we are in control of our bodies. We're strong, we're classy, we're beautiful, powerful beings to be reckoned with, not victims.