Sam Brownback quotes

Sam Brownback is an American politician and former governor of Kansas. Known for his conservative views, he also served as a U.S. senator and as Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom. He has played a significant role in shaping policies on religious liberty and social issues. Here are 19 of his quotes:

My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer. (Sam Brownback)
I think we just need to stick to our knitting on the topics and the subjects the American people care about. View quote
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Let's create a legal system that can work. View quote
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Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying. View quote
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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. View quote
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I went to a number of foreign countries, and during whenever I went, I would try to go to an orphanage or a home for children. And I was seeing thousands of kids around the world that needed homes. View quote
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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. View quote
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We must take proactive steps to promote democracy and human rights abroad. View quote
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What I find is most people have a civics book understanding for how Congress works and how a bill moves. View quote
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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. View quote
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I believe in the sanctity of marriage. (Sam Brownback)
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. View quote
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We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq. View quote
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I enjoyed working with Ted Kennedy. View quote
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I always think that the party that offers the most hope and ideas for the future is the party that wins. View quote
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The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job. View quote
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As we consider the fast pace of scientific and technological progress in our modern world, we must not lose our moral compass and give way to 'free market eugenics'. View quote
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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. View quote
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I do think there's a lot more we can do on the life agenda. View quote
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Occupation: American Politician
Born: September 12, 1956
Quotes count: 19