Quotes by Sam Brownback

About Sam Brownback:

Samuel Dale is an American politician currently serving as Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, Brownback was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives during the Republican Revolution of 1994, representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district for a single term, before running in a 1996 special election for the Senate seat previously held by Bob Dole. He won that election, and two regular elections following, serving until 2011. He ran for president in 2008, but withdrew before the primaries began and endorsed eventual Republican nominee John McCain. He was elected Governor of Kansas in 2010 and took office in January 2011.
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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'.

Sam Brownback

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

Sam Brownback

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

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

Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying.

Sam Brownback

Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.

Sam Brownback

I enjoyed working with Ted Kennedy.

Sam Brownback

The next president needs to know foreign policy and not learn it on the job.

Sam Brownback

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

Sam Brownback

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

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

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

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

Sam Brownback

Unborn children do not have a voice, but they are young members of the human family. It is time to look at the unborn child, and recognize that it is really a young human, who can feel pain and should be treated with care.

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.

Sam Brownback

I do a number of things working on human rights issues, prison recidivism rates, and then I also push and have worked a lot on the social issues of rebuilding the family.

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

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.

Sam Brownback

My dad farmed, my granddad was a farmer. I wanted to be a farmer.

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

Author Bio

  • NameSam Brownback
  • DescriptionAmerican politician
  • BornSeptember 12, 1956
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPolitician; Lawyer