Dorothy Height Quotes

My personal position is that society must keep children safe.

As I began to get a deeper understanding of the vital life-saving work Save the Children does, I felt compelled to help in any way I could. This is about safe-keeping, inspiring and empowering a future generation - to facilitate them to make their own lives a little bit better.

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.

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.

We really need to put the best we have to offer within reach of our children. If we don't do that, we're going to get the generation we deserve.

History is merciless. History doesn't care if we pound our society down a rat hole. It's up to us to make more intelligent choices about how we live!

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

If we don't stand up for children, then we don't stand for much.

We improved the environment in which our children live, learn and play by decreasing crime and clamping down on abuse and violence in the home and on the streets.

I think having kids just makes you want to do things to help people. You have children, and you see how fragile and innocent and helpless they are when they first start out. If they are going to be a victim of whatever they are surrounded by, I just do everything I can to try to make whatever change I can.

We cannot have profits at the expense of our children.

The last thing our children need is less protection.

The way to change the world is through individual responsibility and taking local action in your own community.

Every child matters. If we fail our children, we are bound to fail our present, our future, faith, cultures, and civilisations as well.

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

We do not have the idea that all children are valuable parts of society. We only have the idea that our own children are.

I do all I can to make my world a better place to live in for me and for my kids as well.

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

Protecting our kids is a sacred obligation.

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.

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

We need to have a vision of the world we want to create so that we can see ourselves as collaborators with future generations in the project of shaping it.

Is there anything more important than a child?

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.