A thousand enemies outside the house are better than one within. Arab proverb
I have a 20-year-old son, I have a 12-year-old son and I'm so afraid for them.
I am confident Pakistani government will provide me with adequate security, unlike the government at the time that sabotaged my mother's security in Pakistan.
I came to Washington to stand up for the people who put their trust in me and to ensure the safety of the families and communities in Georgia's Sixth, and across our nation, by keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous people.
With all the crap that's going on around the world, you kind of want to do what you can to protect the ones you love.
I just want my family to be safe. Because I am sometimes polarizing, I fear for their safety.
A man must defend his home, his wife, his children, and his martini.
When it comes to my family I never quite know how protective I have to be, or what I should or shouldn't say.
You know, as attorney general, there's no issue more important than making sure you are safe, that your families are safe.
Specifically, the growing threat that sexual predators pose to our Nation's children and their families represents an area where our criminal justice system has failed the American people.
I've never had to fend for a child's life, which sounds very terrifying.
The courage and leadership March for Our Lives has shown is a testament to the power our young people have in this country, to make our country stronger while protecting our friends, families, and loved ones. The work survivors and advocates across the country have done to keep families safe matters.
If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.
I have been compelled to dig deep inside and pull out strengths I never knew I possessed in order to protect my family.
But when we have families, when we have children, this gives us a purpose for being, to protect our children, to avoid going to jail because if I'm in jail, who looks after my children, who's there for my wife?
I shouldn't have to worry any time my father walks outside the front door of our home.
Conservatives tend to see the world more in terms of good-versus-evil and, for some of them, the nightmare is a disarmed citizenry that can be preyed upon by criminals. They know that having a gun in the house would increase the risk of an accident for a member of their family, but they're willing to take that risk.
My safety and my family's safety are not guaranteed even now.
I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women's empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.
My first priority is trying to protect my family.
There's no political point worth my son's life.
As a parent, you worry about kids' safety and the world they're living in.
I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?
I had been living with my family in France as COVID was starting to spiral out of control in Europe. I said to my wife that maybe they should come back to the States with me because I was worried about getting separated.
All teenagers want to rebel a little and break away. But I think you are always going to want to go back to your parents for that safety they provide.
