Nikki Haley

I mean, we desperately want to get those American hostages out. But if you saw those kids in the hands of those terrorists, like, with a mom heart, it made me sick to my stomach for all those parents having to see their children in those terrorist hands. So, of course, we want them out.

2023

People matter. Their stories matter.

Introduction, 2022

Anything Joe Biden signs will all but guarantee that Iran gets the bomb. No deal is better than a bad deal. And if this president signs any sort of deal, I’ll make you a promise. The next president will shred it on her first day in office. Just saying, sometimes it takes a woman.

Remarks at Christians United For Israel summit, as quoted in "Nikki Haley hints at 2024 White House bid: 'Sometimes it takes a woman'" The Hill (July 18, 2022), 2022

When I focused on the profiles in this book, I didn’t research if the women were Republican or Democrat. I didn’t know which president they voted for. What I know is they inspired me. They inspired me because they were above the noise. They each had one life and were determined to make the most of it. How amazing is that? They knew they were meant for great things, and they chased them until they fulfilled their purpose.

Conclusion, 2022

Amelia Earhart would have been a great aviator no matter what she did outside of the airplane. She was a great person and leader because of everything she did to help other women. She understood one woman’s success was all women’s success. We should learn from her legacy.

Ch. 10 : Amelia Earhart : If You’re Going to Do Something, Do It Well, 2022

It’s easy to talk about principles. It’s hard to stand by them when everyone is lined up against you.

Ch. 1 : Margaret Thatcher: Stand for Principle, 2022

Sometimes it seems like we live in a zero-sum game, where one person’s success detracts from another person’s. Or we think we can only be successful by trampling on other people on our way to the top. Or that being great demands a certain isolation or mean streak. That’s simply not true. We are so much stronger when we join together with others. We are so much better off when we use our personal success to help others succeed.

Ch. 10 : Amelia Earhart : If You’re Going to Do Something, Do It Well, 2022

I would not run if President Trump ran, and I would talk to him about it. That’s something that we’ll have a conversation about at some point if that decision is something that has to be made.

Press conference with Associated Press, as quoted in "Nikki Haley says if Trump runs for president in 2024 then she won't" The Hill (April 12, 2021), 2021

When I tell you I'm angry, it's an understatement. Mike has been nothing but loyal to that man. He's been nothing but a good friend of that man... I am so disappointed in the fact that [despite] the loyalty and friendship he had with Mike Pence, that he would do that to him. Like, I'm disgusted by it.

"Nikki Haley's Time for Choosing", Politico (February 12, 2021)., 2021

With all due respect, I don't get confused.

Haley fires back at White House: 'I don't get confused'", The Hill (April 17, 2018)., 2018

Everything that's working, we're going to make it better, everything that's not working we're going to try and fix, and anything that seems to be obsolete and not necessary we're going to away with.

2018

For those that don't have our back, we're taking names, we will make points to respond to that acccordingly.

"Nikki Haley: New UN ambassador warns US will respond against unsupportive allies", ABC News (January 28, 2017)., 2017

Our goal with the administration is to show value at the UN and the way that we'll show value is to show our strength, show our voice, have the backs of our allies and make sure our allies have our back as well.

2017

To those outside of our state the flag may be nothing more than a symbol of the worst of America’s past. That is not what it is to many South Carolinians. The statehouse belongs to all of us.

As quoted in “Transcript: Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina on Removing the Confederate Flag”, New York Times, (June 22, 2015), 2015

Yes, it's part of a traditional – you know, it's part of tradition [...] And so, when you look at that, if you have the same as you have Black History Month and you have Confederate History Month and all of those. As long as it's done where it is in a positive way and not in a negative way, and it doesn't go to harm anyone, and it goes back to where it focuses on the traditions of the people that are wanting to celebrate it, then I think it's fine.

In The Palmetto Patriots, 2010 interview as quoted by Andrew Kaczynski, “Nikki Haley defended right to secession, Confederate History Month and the Confederate flag in 2010 talk”, CNN (February 21, 2023), 2010