Lisa Murkowski quotes:

Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.

Whether it was his ability to turn around the Massachusetts economy or turn around businesses in the private sector, Mitt Romney has demonstrated the leadership that we need in the White House to get the country on the right track.

There are many outsiders that actively try to halt every natural resource development project in Alaska. Many of these same people have never even been to Alaska, yet they claim to know what's best for us.

Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance.

I don't buy into this, 'Oh, poor us. We've got tough budget problems.'

We've been helping you out in Alaska in considerable ways, and you're walking away from the responsibility, and we're not going to allow that.

Planning is the essence of good management and when it comes to health care we must allow states to plan for future needs. We need to cement this federal commitment to Alaskans so the state has the assurance that money vital for providing Medicaid health care will not just dry up and disappear.

Freedom comes from strength and self-reliance

We need to face it, as a nation we have a reliance on petroleum.

I'm excited about what I have to offer. Not only a little bit of youth, but a different perspective as a woman.

Growing up in a small Alaska town, domestic violence was that dirty little secret nobody talked about. We must start talking about it. For too long, we have been providing protection to the wrong people.

The war against terrorism is one we must win.

I do believe that our climate is changing. I don't agree that all the changes are necessarily due solely to human activity.