Katha Pollitt Quotes

My personal position is that society must keep children safe.

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

We need to see each child as a gift to be welcomed, cherished, and protected.

We've got to work to save our children and do it with full respect for the fact that if we do not, no one else is going to do it.

The real Michael Jackson that has not been seen... with children, one in diapers, the other two toddlers.

The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.

In the matter of the maintenance and rearing of children the Anarchists would neither institute the communistic nursery which the State Socialists favor nor keep the communistic school system which now prevails.

The importance of human life should be universally respected - and that refers to children before they are born and after. All children have the right to be brought up in a loving two-parent family where the notion of divorce is not even possible.

There may be illegitimate parents but there are no illegitimate children.

I have no objection to doing anything that is within the law to help children.

All children, regardless of their income, ethnicity, or geography have the right to be protected and be given the opportunity to reach their full potential, which is why our global HSNi Cares partner is the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.

I don't know how many speeches I have given saying, 'No child worse off.'

We must do everything we can to ensure the safety of our children.

When you're making a decision that involves your children a certain amount of clarity comes with it.

I understand that every parent wants the best for their child because I want the best for my children too.

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.

As a mother, I want the very best for my children. As a politician, I want what is best for all children.

Is there anything more important than a child?

We can say with some assurance that, although children may be the victims of fate, they will not be the victims of our neglect.

Children are to be welcomed, cherished, protected.

The welfare of our children is our main concern, and their best interests are our first priority.

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

Liberals don't think parents can be left to their own devices when it comes to raising our children.

How great it would be for us all to have the pride of knowing that we, as a country, are one of the best countries to be a child.

When I'm not governing my country any more, I'll go back to taking care of children.