A writer observed: "We grow good people in our small
towns, with honesty, sincerity, and dignity." I know just
the kind of people that writer had in mind when he praised Harry
Truman.
I grew up with those people.
They are the ones who do some of the hardest work in America
... who grow our food, run our factories, and fight our wars.
They love their country, in good times and bad, and they're
always proud of America. I had the privilege of living most
of my life in a small town.
Sarah Palin
Acceptance speech, Republican National
Convention, September 2008. |
Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was
mayor of my hometown.
And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to
look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the
job involves.
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a "community
organizer," except that you have actual responsibilities.
Sarah Palin
Speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. |
I might add that in small towns, we don't quite know what
to make of a candidate who lavishes praise on working people
when they are listening, and then talks about how bitterly they
cling to their religion and guns when those people aren't listening.
We tend to prefer candidates who don’t talk about us one
way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.
Sarah Palin
Speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. |
I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment.
And I've learned quickly, these past few days, that if you're
not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then
some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that
reason alone.
But here's a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators:
I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion - I'm
going to Washington to serve the people of this country. Americans
expect us to go to Washington for the right reasons, and not
just to mingle with the right people.
Sarah Palin
Speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. |
We are expected to govern with integrity, good will, clear
convictions, and ... a servant's heart.
I pledge to all Americans that I will carry myself in this spirit
as vice president of the United States.
Sarah Palin
Speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. |
I came to office promising major ethics reform, to end the
culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is the
law.
While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor's
office that I didn't believe our citizens should have to pay
for.
That luxury jet was over the top. I put it on eBay.
Sarah Palin
Speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. |
There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening
to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has
authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform -
not even in the state senater.
Sarah Palin
On Barack Obama, speech to Republican National
Convention, September 2008. |
This is a man [Barack Obama] who can give an entire speech
about the wars America is fighting, and never use the word “victory”
except when he’s talking about his own campaign. But when
the cloud of rhetoric has passed … when the roar of the
crowd fades away … when the stadium lights go out, and
those Styrofoam Greek columns are hauled back to some studio
lot - what exactly is our opponent’s plan? What does he
actually seek to accomplish, after he’s done turning back
the waters and healing the planet? The answer is to make government
bigger … take more of your money … give you more orders
from Washington … and to reduce the strength of America
in a dangerous world. America needs more energy … our opponent
is against producing it.
Sarah Palin
Speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. |
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.
Sarah Palin
Speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. |
My fellow citizens, the American presidency is not supposed
to be a journey of "personal discovery." This world
of threats and dangers is not just a community, and it doesn't
just need an organizer.
Sarah Palin
Questioning Barack Obama's credentials
for US presidency, speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. |
There is only one man in this election who has ever really
fought for you … in places where winning means survival
and defeat means death … and that man is John McCain.
Sarah Palin
Speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. |
To the families of special-needs children all across this
country, I have a message: For years, you sought to make America
a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters. I pledge
to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate
in the White House.
Sarah Palin
Speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. |
I told the Congress, "Thanks, but no thanks," on
that Bridge to Nowhere.
Sarah Palin
Speech to Republican National Convention,
September 2008. However, she was for the Bridge to Nowhere before
she was against it. |
Absolutely. Yup, yup.
Sarah Palin
Asked by People magazine if she was ready
to be a heartbeat away from the presidency after being chosen
to run for vice-presidency, August, 2008. |
It was rightly noted in Denver this week that Hillary left
18 million cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America.
But it turns out the women of America aren't finished yet, and
we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all.
Sarah Palin
After being chosen Republican party US
vice presidential candidate, August 2008. |
As for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't
answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it
exactly that the VP does every day?
Sarah Palin
Her surprise at US presidential candidate
John McCain choosing her as vice-presidential running mate,
interview with CNBC's 'Kudlow & Co', July 31, 2008. |
Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do
what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our
national leaders, are sending soldiers out on a task that is
from God. That's what we have to make sure that we're praying
for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan.
Sarah Palin
On Iraq war, speaking to students at the
Wasilla Assembly of God, June 2008. |
I think God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies
to get that gas line built, so pray for that.
Sarah Palin
On $30 billion national gas pipeline project
that she wanted built in Alaska, speaking to students the Wasilla
Assembly of God, June 2008. |
When I hear a statement like that coming from a woman candidate
with any kind of perceived whine about that excess criticism,
or maybe a sharper microscope put on her, I think, "Man,
that doesn't do us any good, women in politics, or women in
general, trying to progress this country."
Sarah Palin
On complaints from Hillary Clinton's campaign
about sexist coverage in race for The White House, Spring 2008. |
I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really
focused much on the war in Iraq.
Sarah Palin
Interview with Alaska Business Monthly,
March 2007. |
Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.
Sarah Palin
Declaring her support for abstinence-only
education in a questionnaire during her 2006 Alaska gubernatorial
race. |
I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell
me I can't.
Sarah Palin
As quoted by former City Council Member
Nick Carney, after he raised objections about the $50,000 she
spent renovating the mayor's office in Wasilla, Alaska, without
approval of the city council. |
What would your response be if I asked you to remove some
books from the collection?
Sarah Palin
Inquiring with Wasilla librarian Mary Ellen
Emmons about banning books right after Palin took office as
Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, in 1996. |
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.
Sarah Palin |
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