Political Quotes

“I have to begin by saying that my heart is with, in many ways, the makers of this amendment. My heart is with the gentleman from Oklahoma and the gentleman from Illinois, because I understand what they want to do. They want to protect our children from the elements of our culture that would undermine the values that we try to teach them at home. They do not want a world in which our kids are sneaking behind our backs and getting information that rightly ought to come from us. As the gentlemen know, I have two daughters. They are 10 and 12. My wife and I are engaged in this struggle every single day. We are considered the fuddy-duds in our neighborhood, I think, because my daughters are always saying, how come everyone has their ears pierced already and we cannot? How come everybody can wear makeup to school and we cannot? How come you will not let MTV come into the house? I called the cable station and I do not let MTV come into the house. So that is pretty square, I guess.”