Quotes By Nikki Haley

American businesses deserve a federal government that doesn't stand in their way, not one that tries to chase them overseas.

This is America. Anyone is free to protest about anything they want.

Everyone can have a bad day.

My parents started a business out of the living room of our home and, 30-plus years later, it was a multimillion dollar company. So, President Obama, with all due respect, don't tell me that my parents didn't build their business.

South Carolinians are strong, independently-minded people. At the end of the day, they make their own decisions. And I respect them for that. And I welcome that. And I told him that from the very beginning.

We don't have unions in South Carolina because we don't need unions in South Carolina.

I've never been a planner. I didn't know I was going to run for the State House. I didn't know I was going to run for governor. I don't know what's next, and I love not thinking about it because the doors open at a certain time.

The public likes to think that women only care about contraception.

Unfortunately, these past few years, you can work hard, try to be as successful as possible, follow the rules, and President Barack Obama will do everything he can to stand in your way.

I'm not going to stop beating up on the Democrats for wasteful spending.

Boeing started a new line for their 787 Dreamliner, creating 1,000 new jobs in South Carolina, giving our state a shot in the arm when we truly needed it.

I'm very proud of the way that I was raised, I'm very proud of the way that my parents raised me.

I'm a huge fan of women; I think we're great.

I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in the political arena.

I had a white senator call me a rag head, and I had an African-American legislator call me a conservative with a tan.

I encourage people to find and use the power of their voices just as much when I do not agree with those voices as when I do agree with them.

Almost forty-five years after my parents first became Americans, I stand before you and them tonight as the proud governor of the state of South Carolina.

I think the media's a little frightened of women.

As I said, my parents loved that when they came to America, if you worked hard, the only things that could stop you were the limits you placed on yourself.

I wear heels. It's not for a fashion statement, it's... ammunition.

The people of South Carolina support conservatives who are trying to push real change, and the people of South Carolina expect their presidential candidates to back them up when they show courage.

My job is to create jobs. In the end I'm going to have jobs to show for it.

I think any label is bad.

There is no war on women. Women are doing well. But women are thoughtful. And what we in the Republican Party and across the country, Republican, Independents and Democrat women say is we're more thoughtful than a label. We care about jobs and the economy and healthcare and education. We care about a lot of different things.

Contraception doesn't define a woman.

I don't think we should focus on what church that person walks into .. I think we need to focus on what they do when they walk out of church.

All of my policy is not based on a label. It's based on what I lived and what I know.

You don't go to the people that are just like you. You go to the people that you have to earn their credit.

Ann Romney makes all women proud by the way she has conducted her life as a strong woman of faith, as a mother, as a wife and as a true patriot.

In 2009, South Carolina was blessed to welcome a great American company that chose to stay in our country to continue to do business. That company was Boeing.