Mark Kennedy Quotes

The sexual abuse and exploitation of children is one of the most vicious crimes conceivable, a violation of mankind's most basic duty to protect the innocent.

Make no mistake; child predation on the Internet is a growing problem.

I am concerned about the growing problem of sexual abuse and exploitation of our children.

Don't try to get involved with people on the Internet because it can be very dangerous. The whole point of 'Trust' is to inform people about this issue.

One of the most important accomplishments of the Caucus is raising awareness with law enforcement and communities nationwide on the issues of child safety and Internet safety.

Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important.

As children, many of us were taught never to talk to strangers. As parents and grandparents, our message must change with technology to include strangers on the Internet.

The Internet provides very serious challenges to our ability to keep from children the kinds of things that are destructive to them.

It's wrong and disgusting to follow children around and take their picture and sell it for money.

Access by kids to the Internet should be like kids breathing clean air.

No doubt there are dangers involved in letting children go online unsupervised.

When it comes to letting kids out into dark alleys, we understand that they have things to steal. We need to understand that in online life, too.

The number of things that can happen to a child online are just as many as can happen to a child in the playground, only it's more immediate and they have the whole world at their finger tips.

Like most people, I gave little thought during my life to the scourge of child pornography. But, I now know we are fighting a losing battle. The predators are sophisticated in the use of computers and talented in the manipulation of children.

You can go to these chat-lines. It's not hard it's really easy. Another thing the show makes clear is not talking about these issues is what leads kids to go on the Internet and find out the information themselves. And then they come across people like Mr. Healy wanting to meet them in the park. That's what leads to these kind of more-dangerous things.

What is our freedom fight about? Is it about the liberation of children or just having sex with them?

I worry about my grandchildren because the Internet can be brutal.

When politicians say, 'Oh, parents should supervise their kids' Internet use,' it drives me crazy.

Crimes against children are the most heinous crime. That, for me, would be a reason for capital punishment because children are innocent and need the guidance of an adult society.

Victimizers of children are the enemies of any so-called society.

The Internet is a great information tool, and can be a place where kids learn, but we must remember that when kids are online, they are in public.

We need to be a leadership position about protecting minors on the Internet and, more importantly, giving the parents the tools they need to protect them.

You can't regulate what these kids are being exposed to on the Internet. It's so way out of control. All you can do is just try to talk to your own kids.

My new passion is to get Internet education mandated in all schools. We've got to start teaching our kids how to be safe in the 40,000 plus chat rooms that are out there. Because they're being had. These sexual predators groom the kids. I know, I've arrested enough of them.

It's hard for me to believe someone could harm a child.