Political Quotes

“I appreciate that. It is an honor to be here, and thank you for inviting me to participate in this. I have been certainly accused of maybe being critical of the President from time to time, as many of us Republicans are sometimes, but I'd like to share a few points where we agree, the President and I. I've got a number of quotes here, and I think these quotes cross party lines and certainly indicate how important fathers are in the lives of their children. Here is a quote from our President, Barack Obama: We need fathers to realize that responsibility doesn't end at conception. We need them to realize that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child; it's the courage to raise one. Here is another quote from our President: I wish I had a father who was around and involved. That's a profound statement, and certainly it shows a great deal of courage by our President to say that. I remember when I was a young child in the Cub Scouts, the Pinewood Derby came around every year. My father, my brother, and I would spend a great deal of time weighing our little Pinewood Derby car to make sure that it weighed precisely 5 ounces. We would spend all night graphiting the wheels because we wanted our little Pinewood Derby car to be the absolute fastest car that we could possibly make it. Whether we won or lost, it didn't matter. We were going to make this little car as fast as we could possibly make it.…”