Quotes By Carly Fiorina

People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.

Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by Walter Hewlett and David Packard as a fight between the past and the future.

I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.

Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.

I certainly support civil unions.

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

I think when you've been a career politician for 34 years you have to run on your record.

When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.

I'm happy to tell you that having been through surgery and chemotherapy and radiation, breast cancer is officially behind me. I feel absolutely great and I am raring to go.

If someone believes they are limited by their gender, race or background, they will become more limited.

Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.

Many people see technology as the problem behind the so-called digital divide. Others see it as the solution. Technology is neither. It must operate in conjunction with business, economic, political and social system.

You know, I'm very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements that I've received.

We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.

When you lead change, sometimes you get arrows in your back. I mean, that's just the way the real world is.

There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore.

If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry.

You take unacceptable risk, you have to be prepared to face the consequence.

It's the federal government's job to secure the border.

There are Tea Parties, and I would say plural, in California.

I've traveled around the world.

I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it for a woman. I'm disappointed to have to say that, but I think it's undeniably true.

Well, I've been a Republican for all of my voting life.

When men cut jobs, they're seen as decisive. When women do, they're vindictive.

You don't create jobs by passing bills, you create jobs by cutting taxes.

I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.

Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.

My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.

You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.