In honor of this momentous occasion, a little walk down memory lane with our favorite Santorum statements about women (and sometimes men, too):

On women in combat:

"I think that could be a very compromising situation, where people naturally may do things that may not be in the interest of the mission because of other types of emotions that are involved. It already happens, of course, with the camaraderie of men in combat, but I think it would be even more unique if women were in combat. And I think that’s not in the best interests of men, women or the mission.”—Santorum, February 2012

On feminists ruining traditional families:

"The radical feminists succeeded in undermining the traditional family and convincing women that professional accomplishments are the key to happiness"—Santorum, from his 2005 book

On blaming his wife for that part about feminists ruining families:

When Karen quit her job to raise her kids, she "felt very much like society and those radical feminists that I was referring to were not affirming her choice..." said Santorum in February 2012. "All I'm saying is... we should affirm both choices... That's what the book says, and I stand by what I said."

On traditional families:

“You can say I’m a hater. But I would argue I’m a lover. I’m a lover of traditional families and of the right of children to have a mother and father. I would argue that the future of America hangs in the balance, because the future of the family hangs in the balance. Isn’t that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?”—Santorum, July 2004

On arresting abortion doctors:

“I believe that any doctor that performs an abortion, I would advocate that any doctor that performs an abortion, should be criminally charged for doing so.”—Santorum, June 2011

On abortion in cases of rape or incest:

“Even in the case of rape or incest? That would be taking a life?” [NBC’s David Gregory] pressed. “That would be taking a life”—Santorum, June 2011

On abortion ruining America:

“The Social Security system, in my opinion, is a flawed design, period. But having said that, the design would work a lot better if we had stable demographic trends. We don’t have enough workers to support the retirees . . . A third of the young people in America are not in America today because of abortion.“—Santorum, March 2011

On pre-natal testing:

"The bottom line is that a lot of prenatal tests are done to identify deformities in utero and the customary procedure is to encourage abortions”—Santorum, during an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” in February 2012.

On birth control:

"One of the things that I will talk about that no president has talked about before is I think the dangers of contraception in this country, the sexual liberty idea and many in the Christian faith have said, you know contraception is OK. It's not OK because it's a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be."—Santorum, October 2011