At my core, what I think we need to do is to get the basics right again. We need to rebuild our family structure, stay away from redefining marriage, and stand by marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Sam Brownback More Quotes by Sam Brownback More Quotes From Sam Brownback I'd pull my little brother on our motorcycle on an inner tube behind it. We would go fishing, we would hunt some, growing up. Sam Brownback growing-up fishing brother I believe in the sanctity of marriage. Sam Brownback sanctity-of-marriage i-believe believe What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves. Sam Brownback book people moving Politics are important but your soul lasts forever. So, you know, you make ... decisions on what you think is right or wrong and then you just go forward. Sam Brownback decision forever thinking Children of those who have been incarcerated are five times more likely to go to prison than children of parents who have never been incarcerated. The sins of the father visiting the child. Sam Brownback parent father children You can raise good children in single parent households, and many of you perhaps here today come from that type of environment. It is possible and many do it in heroic situations, but it's much more difficult and the numbers move against us in a broad society. Sam Brownback numbers children moving We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq. Sam Brownback aggressive syria iraq Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of law so long as the nominee is well-qualified to interpret and apply the law. Sam Brownback benches law long The historical relationship between Christians and Jews for most of the two thousand years of Christianity has not been good and it's been mostly persecution by Christians of Jews - not all the time, not every place, but mostly it's been that. I think that's just a terribly regretful thing. I don't see it anywhere in the Scriptures that I read, that Christians are to persecute Jews. I think it's been quite damaging. I think it's been a bad witness. Sam Brownback christian years thinking Common sense should tell us that positively reinforcing sadistic behavior, as these games do, cannot be good for our children. Sam Brownback common-sense games children I'm a Ronald Reagan conservative. I'm an economic conservative, I'm strong military. But I also voice and speak and work hard on the social issues. Sam Brownback hard-work strong military [Felix Frankfurter] said courts are not representative bodies. They're not designed to be a good reflex of a democratic society. Their judgment is best informed and, therefore, most dependable within narrow limits. Sam Brownback judgment body limits I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about. Sam Brownback knitting people thinking Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying. Sam Brownback illegal-immigration illegal immigration It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet. Sam Brownback government religious hands It may seem ironic that the judicial branch preserves its legitimacy through refraining from action on political questions. That concept was put forward best by Justice [Felix] Frankfurter, appointed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Sam Brownback ironic political justice The people believed that while the courts would be independent, they would defer to the political branches on policy issues. Sam Brownback issues independent people I believe you [Samuel Alito] and others would look and say that the role of the courts is limited and it's not to decide political matters. Sam Brownback political believe looks You can look at founding father Alexander Hamilton nevertheless assuring - assuring - the countrymen in Federalist 78 that the role of the federal courts under the proposed Constitution would be limited. Sam Brownback roles father looks Most Americans want judges who will stick to interpreting the law rather than making it. Sam Brownback judging law want
