Sam Brownback Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Sam Brownback:

I have carried bills concerning Sudan. I've carried bills concerning Congo. I've carried bills concerning North Korea and Iran and Iraq.

I was in the trade field as White House fellow in the first Bush administration.

Sam Brownback

Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.

Sam Brownback

The growth in ethanol and biodiesel is something that I have worked on since I was secretary of agriculture in Kansas. I would like to see a lot more progress, because I think there is a real score to be made on this.

Sam Brownback

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

We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.

Sam Brownback

Today, as we look back on the history of our nation and take note of how far we have come as a people, we are reminded that we owe a great debt to those who fought valiantly for the freedoms that we easily take for granted.

Sam Brownback

Jon Kyl did a really good job of presenting a case and moving issues. John McCain probably is one of the more effective legislators, getting things on through the process. I always thought, too - and this may seem kind of odd - Richard Shelby was just an effective guy a lot of times at stopping things.

Sam Brownback

One of the greatest gifts God ever gave to humanity was that of liberty. We love freedom and bloom under it. We cannot and should not try to force people to live by a certain religious code. To do so negates our free will.

Sam Brownback

The Founding Fathers of our nation believed in the people. They created a new nation based on the radical notion that the people could be free and trusted - that the nation would be great if you trusted the people to be good.

Sam Brownback

What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves.

Sam Brownback

Let's create a legal system that can work.

Sam Brownback

I support strongly the expansion of nuclear power because that is one of the key ways of getting electricity generated and reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

Sam Brownback

I think we have to secure our borders and make sure that people coming in are coming here not to do us harm.

Sam Brownback

I do not support a North American Union. I disagree fundamentally with that, and I think the United States should be governing itself and not being governed by multilateral unions, the United Nations.

Sam Brownback

The CARFA Act is about accountability in the federal government: making sure that taxpayers are getting their money's worth and not being defrauded. This is a bipartisan concept, and it is worthy of broad support across the Congress.

Sam Brownback

I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about.

Sam Brownback

I think the United Nations is a useful format to discuss matters, but I think it's a weak institution in being able to carry out matters and, in many respects even, it has been harmful on things like human rights.

Sam Brownback

My faith informs everything I think and do. It's part of my value system.

Sam Brownback

Culture is more important than politics and government.

Sam Brownback

As the Cold War melts into history, our first concern should be the preservation and extension of human rights and democracy.

Sam Brownback

I've served on the International Relations Committee.

Sam Brownback

Conservatives sometimes forget that limiting government is not an end in itself but a means to a better society.

Sam Brownback

We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.

Sam Brownback

I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.

Sam Brownback

The United States is a low-trade - low-tariff country.

Sam Brownback

I love serving in the government. I love serving in the Senate.

Sam Brownback

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

We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad.

Sam Brownback

None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act.

Sam Brownback

Along with Senator Lieberman and others, I introduced the Energy Security Bill to use existing technologies with a variety of tax incentives to reduce our dependence on oil.

Sam Brownback

I do think the Obama agenda is the furthest left agenda we've seen since probably LBJ and the Great Society. And the differences have been that instead of him trying to go center-left, he's gone - in my estimation - more left. He's shown the country a much more aggressive liberal, more European style agenda, and that's on a center-right country.

Sam Brownback

I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.

Sam Brownback

Everybody has values. Now, you know it may be formed in a secular setting, it may be formed in an intellectual setting, but everybody comes forward with values.

Sam Brownback

Prioritizing spending and maximizing the effectiveness of taxpayer dollars is absolutely essential. We must draw the line, realigning programs when necessary and also eliminating failed programs.

Sam Brownback

I think the real needs in the country are for cultural renewal.

Sam Brownback

You can raise a good child in a single-parent family, but it's much more difficult.

Sam Brownback