Nikki Haley's Quotes

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.

For a bill to become law, it truly has to be the will of the people, and for a president to stop the will of the people and stop what you're trying to do in your state is not the role of Washington.

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.

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.

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.

Protests are fine. But in South Carolina we believe in the rule of law, and the people of this state should never doubt that as governor, I will enforce it.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Everyone can have a bad day.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 think any label is bad.

I think any label is bad. I'm more than a label.

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 think the media's a little frightened of women.

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

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

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

I'm not going to stop beating up on the unions.