James McDermott Quotes

Children are my pet cause. I have a foster child in El Salvador, and whenever I'm home, I work for the Adam Walsh Foundation, which finds missing children. I also do some hospital visits and other things for the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

Children are not in a position to assess risk and safety; it must be done for them, and it must be done carefully.

Keeping our children safe is not only an area where both political parties can find common ground, but as lawmakers, it is our moral obligation.

Parishes must be the safest places for a child to be.

Whenever I hear anything described as a heartless assault on our children, I tend to think it’s a good idea.

Child abuse is one of those issues that's very difficult to talk about because it's surrounded by guilt and shame and so on, but us avoiding that issue doesn't help those kids in need out there who need support.

Every child’s life is sacred and it is long past time that we protect it.

As a father, safety is always a top of mind issue for me.

We want our children to grow up in a safe community.

There's not a mom or dad that wants to leave their child unprotected.

I just want to make sports safe for our kids.

Children shouldn't have to suffer for any reason.

Protecting children at risk of exploitation will always be a priority, and at the other end, safeguarding an ageing population brings its own challenges.

Protecting our kids is a sacred obligation.

There are so many different environmental factors for just how safe it is for a kid to come out.

It's so important to look out for your child and protect them.

We must simply do every single thing in our power to protect our children from abuse and help them live healthy, prosperous lives.

Children are truly the future of this country - our next teachers, they're our next doctors, they're our next police officers, and they're our next Members of Congress. It's our responsibility to do everything that we can to protect them and make sure that children are able to live, learn, and grow up in safe environments.

In a situation where it's the child or the adult, I'm going with the child.

If I were to ask any parent, 'Do you love your kid?' the answer would unequivocally be, 'Yes.' If I went on to ask, 'What would you do to protect your kid from harm's way?' any rational parent would answer without skipping a beat, 'Anything.'

No cause is worth the loss of a child's life.

My son is 6. I wouldn't let my six-year-old son near any football field. And if any coach asks my son to play football, I'll sue that coach, and I'll sue the school.

Children are our future and if we use them in battle, we are destroying the future. We must reclaim them, every one of them, one at a time.

I get very concerned when we start hearing people who want to convert this country into a safe place for children. I am adult. I want available what I need to see.

I spent most of my adult life as someone's mother and the rest of my life trying to make sure that children are safe. So this to me is - we wrote Hell Is For Children in 1979.