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Former Governor of Alaska

Sarah Palin (born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, and author who served as the 9th Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009. She was the Republican Party's nominee for Vice President in the 2008 election alongside John McCain, becoming the first Alaskan and the first woman to be nominated for that office by the party. Known for her conservative views, support for energy development, and opposition to abortion, Palin is a prominent figure in the Tea Party movement. Her political career and media presence have sparked significant debate and influence in American politics.

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“America's finest - our men and women in uniform, are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.”

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“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.”

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“When oil and gas prices went up dramatically and filled up the state treasury, I sent a large share of that revenue back where it belonged - directly to the people of Alaska.”

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“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.”

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“The Republican Party would be really smart to absorb as much of the Tea Party movement as possible.”

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“We need leaders who will stand up for the little guy and listen once again.”

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“I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is a 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.”

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“People have a constitutional right to burn a Koran if they want to, but doing so is insensitive and an unnecessary provocation - much like building a mosque at Ground Zero.”

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“America is looking for answers. She's looking for a new direction; the world is looking for a light. That light can come from America's great North Star; it can come from Alaska.”

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“Assange is not a 'journalist' any more than the 'editor' of al-Qaeda's new English-language magazine 'Inspire' is a 'journalist.' He is an anti-American operative with blood on his hands.”

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“I am a conservative Republican, a firm believer in free market capitalism. A free market system allows all parties to compete, which ensures the best and most competitive project emerges, and ensures a fair, democratic process.”

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“The challenge is not to replace Obama but with who. It's not enough to just change up the uniform, if we don't change the team and the game plan, we won't save our country.”

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“They think that, if we were just smart enough, we'd be able to understand their policies. And I so want to tell 'em, and I do tell 'em, Oh, we're plenty smart, oh yeah - we know what's goin' on. And we don't like what's goin' on. And we're not gonna let them tell us to sit down and shut up.”

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“Americans expect us to go to Washington for the right reason, and not just to mingle with the right people.”

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“Despite what the pundits want us to think, contested primaries aren't civil war, they are democracy at work, and that's beautiful.”

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“For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.”

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“I say to the Occupy protesters - you're occupying the wrong place, you're protesting the wrong thing.”

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“My fellow citizens, the American Presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.”

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“Obama's capitalism is a capitalism of connections.”

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“We don't need to fundamentally transform America. We need to restore America.”

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“We need a foreign policy that distinguishes America's friends from her enemies, and recognizes the true threats that we face.”

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“We need American sources of resources, we need American energy, brought to you by American ingenuity and produced by American workers.”

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“We need independents, we need the GOP, we need Reagan Democrats.”

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“We tend to prefer candidates that don't talk about us one way in Scranton and another way in San Francisco.”

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“Our government needs to adopt a pro-market agenda that doesn't pick winners and losers, but it invites competition and it levels the playing field for everyone.”

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“Politics isn't just a game of clashing parties and competing interests. The right reason is to challenge the status quo, to serve the common good, and to leave this nation better than we found it.”

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“A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I'm not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.”

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“Common sense tells us that the government's attempts to solve large problems more often create new ones. Common sense also tells us that a top-down, one-size-fits-all plan will not improve the workings of a nationwide health-care system that accounts for one-sixth of our economy.”

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“Here's a little newsflash for those reporters and commentators: I'm not going to Washington to seek their good opinion. I'm going to Washington to serve this great country.”

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“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.”

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“New terms used like, 'overseas contingency operation' instead of the word 'war' - that reflects a worldview that is out of touch with the enemy that we face. We can't spin our way out of this threat.”

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“The administration says, then, there are no downsides or upsides to treating terrorists like civilian criminal defendants, but a lot of us would beg to differ.”

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“The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy can't be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would do well to take note of an observation John F. Kennedy made once he was in office - that all of the world's problems aren't his predecessor's fault.”

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“To the families of special needs children all across this country I have a message for you: for years you have sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters, and I pledge to you that if we're elected, you will have a friend, an advocate, in The White House.”

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“Washington has got to, across the board, lower taxes for small businesses so that our mom and pops can reinvest and hire people, so that our businesses can thrive.”

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“Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last 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.”

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“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.”

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“I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq.”

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“Hope is not a strategy.”

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“The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society,’ whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.”

“Shoot, I must have lived such a doggoned sheltered life as a normal, independent American up there in the Last Frontier, schooled with only public education and a lowly state university degree, because obviously I haven't learned enough to dismiss common sense.”

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“God's will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built, so pray for that.”

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“All of 'em, any of 'em that have been in front of me over all these years.”

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“Easter time reminds us that we have every right to believe that this hope is based on time-tested truths and a solid foundation.”

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“With so much at stake in this election, both Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan should 'go rogue.'”

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“Children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.”

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“If somebody's gonna smoke a joint in their house and not do anybody else any harm, then perhaps there are other things that our cops should be looking at to engage in and try to clean up some of the other problems that we have in society.”

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“Ground Zero mosque supporters, doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours, throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, please refudiate.”

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“'Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!'”

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“Go back to what our founders and our founding documents meant. They're quite clear that we would create law based on the God of the Bible and the 10 Commandments.”

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About the Author

Born: February 11, 1964
Known for: Former Governor of Alaska
Quotes: 221

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