Wayne LaPierre Quotes

Spending an extra dollar on the D.C. public school system isn't spending an extra dollar on education. Spending an extra dollar with the Pentagon doesn't buy you an extra dollar on defense. Republicans need to look skeptically at military spending.

Evil walks among us, and God help us if we don't harden our schools and protect our kids.

The Protect America's Schools Act is not the only answer, but it is a positive step forward in preventing tragedies.

If the government can afford luxury travel for its cabinet officials, then surely we can find the resources to invest in quality education, jobs skills training, and properly fund the State Department and foreign aid programs.

Should we continue to spend billions to subsidize foreign military dictatorships, or should we concentrate on taking better care of the one we have right here at home?

There is a legitimate role for development education in the UK, but I do not believe these projects give the taxpayer value for money.

America's schools and streets are safer than Americans know.

After every massacre in a school, Americans grasp at quick cures. 'Let's install metal detectors and give guns to teachers' Let's crack down on troublemakers, weeding out kids who fit the profile of a gunman. Let's buy bulletproof whiteboards for the students to scurry behind, or train kids to throw erasers or cans of soup at an attacker.'

Foreign aid is not something the vast majority of Americans support, but definitely not conservatives.

Conservatives should insist that defense spending be examined with the same seriousness that we demand in examining the books of those government agencies that spend taxpayer money in the name of welfare, the environment, or education.

The problems of public schools will not be solved by cutting off the source of their funding, which is what vouchers are.

Gun control is not the answer. The best and most effective path forward, I believe, is one that safeguards our schools from becoming 'soft targets.'

I think every school needs a protection plan with a either police officer or certified armed security.

As our leaders in Washington confront tough decisions about our budget priorities, I urge them to continue federal funding for public broadcasting.

For it not to be safe for kids in school, it's tragic.

We protect our banks, hospitals and airports with armed personnel; surely, we can do more to protect schools, which teach our nation's most valuable resource.

I went to public schools, which is to say publicly financed.

Our kids fear going to school in the morning, and their parents worry whether they will come home safely at the end of the day.

wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear warheads?' As a matter of fact, he would. Playgrounds for big kids, preschool programs to little ones, and mandatory LASIK surgery for NFL refs.

If it's crazy to call for putting police and armed security in our school to protect our children, then call me crazy.

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. I call on Congress today to act immediately, to appropriate whatever is necessary to put armed police officers in every school - and to do it now, to make sure that blanket of safety is in place when our children return to school in January.

We need to make sure that we have mental health counselors in our schools. We need to make sure that we have possibly a law enforcement security guards in each one of the schools.

All schools that receive public funding should be accountable, yes.

If you look at history we've had since I've been in office, in an environment where we haven't had earmarks, we've still been able to get tens of millions of dollars for McLennan County.

Government can only spend a dollar to help someone when it forcibly takes a dollar from someone else.