Sam Brownback Quotes

There is a role for government, but no matter how much money the government spends, it will never be able to take the place of parents and strong families.

I have a great family myself so I know if you don't have a family you've got nothing. Nothing else can take the place of the family - not girlfriends or a career.

You were born to lead as mothers and fathers, because nowhere is righteous leadership more crucial than in the family.

I'm considered homophobic and crazy about these things and old fashioned. But I think that the family - father, mother, children - is fundamental to our civilisation.

Today the family is being attacked and defended with equal vehemence.

You can't have a limited government if the family breaks down.

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

Can anyone seriously imagine a society without stable families? Maybe we should raise all the kids in state orphanages.

It takes a village to raise a child.

The family is the corner-stone of society

We don’t want a village to raise a child. We want a family.

The family is the most important unit of society…. When all is said and done, there is nothing more important than the family.

Who will take responsibility for raising the next generation?

I have a very good family. I'm very fortunate to have a very good family. I believe very strongly in the family. It's one of the things we have in our platform, is to talk about it.

Mr. Speaker, we have reached a point in history where some have forgotten that it is the family, not the government, that is the fundamental building block of our society.

Here's the thing: the unit of reverence in Europe is the family, which is why a child born today of unmarried parents in Sweden has a better chance of growing up in a house with both of his parents than a child born to a married couple in America. Here we revere the couple, there they revere the family.

My son is my routine and priority, period!

We don't have the family organization the way we used to. My father lives with us because we have the room. The greatest of all opportunities for our children is a complete family unit.

The family is the nucleus of civilization.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

I don't think people who have children are acting selfishly or unselfishly. Having a child who'll be loved, to parents who love each other, is the important thing.

Obviously, I feel a great sense of responsibility being a good parent and raising my children. I don't take that job very lightly. Who they are, what they become and what they contribute to the world is very important to me.

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.