I remind everyone: Whether you school them at home or send them to school, you as a parent have the responsibility to make sure they learn and behave. Teachers and principals may help, but parents are the ones who must accept responsibility. – Ernest Istook
Americas strength is not our diversity our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal. – Ernest Istook
The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era. – Ernest Istook
Home schooled children frequently combine for many purposes – and they interact well. The growth of the home schooling movement means that more and more children are learning together, just not in a traditional classroom. – Ernest Istook
In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we dont have a plan for reconstruction at home. – Jesse Jackson
The problem for those who assert biblical authority in support of traditional definitions of marriage is that one could, with equal validity, assert that the lending of money or certain kinds of haircuts are forbidden by God, or that slavery and the subjugation of women are authorized by the Lord. – Jon Meacham