Jerry Falwell Jr. Quotes

Father's ideals became part of me and still are today. His reserve, deeply rooted liberal views, his provocative humour, his passion for work and love of risk are also mine.

When the mortgage giant Fannie Mae recruited Daniel H. Mudd, he told a friend he wanted to work for an altruistic business. Already a decorated marine and a successful executive, he wanted to be a role model to his four children - just as his father, the television journalist Roger Mudd, had been to him.

I come from a family in which public service was something to aspire to.

Coming from a family of preachers, the idea of giving back has been part of my life as long as I can remember.

My mom raised me with the idea of doing public service, and I definitely want to go in that direction. But I also want to follow in my dad's entrepreneurial footsteps.

The outcome, the fourth in an issue of five boys born into a staunch Baptist home, meant that from the beginning I was taught to be respectful of others no less than myself, influencing ever since both my political and administrative attitudes.

My paternal grandfather Rustom Mehta had a huge influence on me because of his ethics and his values.

There's a tradition of public service in my family. I'm one of three boys that joined the military. My father was in the Peace Corps.

I care about my legacy that I'm leaving, not only for my fans, but for my wife and my children and my grandchildren. I want them to look back and say, 'He did it right and he stood up for what is right.'

Public service is a part of who I am, having grown up in a family of politicians.

I want my family to resemble the family I came from.

When I was 5, my father was very much my hero. And he ran for political office in a very thankless campaign for a very thankless position. And he did it because his mother had instilled in him, if you are someone who has the capacity to make a great change, you have the responsibility.

Conversations with my mother, father, my grandparents, as I've grown up have obviously driven me towards wanting to try and make a difference as much as possible.

There were never any doctors in my family. But my grandparents and my mother had a strong social conscience that was formative.

Good government generally begins in the family, and if the moral character of a people once degenerate, their political character must soon follow.

Let the federal government take care of its values, not yours.

I see my future with my family, with my grandsons and daughters, and I want to look after some welfare institutions I had set up at different places in the country with the help of expatriate Pakistanis.

My family have shaped my politics more than anything else.

The honest thing is that my parents wanted to help people. That is part of my responsibility, to carry on that legacy.

I stand here today - in the shadow of my parents' and grandparents' accomplishments - because of their willingness to sacrifice and look to my future.

Having born and brought up in Mumbai, I am as urban as urban can be, but my parents ensured that my sister and I understand social responsibility as well.

Family means a lot to me as I come from a big one myself.

The example set by my grandparents and parents - that of giving one's time, talent, voice and resources, either from one's own home or from the highest office in the land - had a profound effect on me and my siblings.

My grandfather played a big part in raising me, and he taught me how to be a gentleman. Since he first told me those types of things when I was 13 years old, I've taken all those types of lessons from him to heart. I'd like to keep that with me.

I'm most interested in public service. I think that's something that I got from being part of my family, which is such an honor.