Sam Brownback Quotes

Author Image

Sam Brownback

Profession : Politician

Birth : September 12, 1956

In the aftermath of September 11, it has been made clear to us that our foreign policy can no longer afford to narrowly focus on short-term benefits. For our nation's long-term security, we must be active in promoting American values abroad through our foreign policy.

Sam Brownback

The Founding Fathers of our nation believed in the people. They created a new nation based on the radical notion that the people could be free and trusted - that the nation would be great if you trusted the people to be good.

Sam Brownback

An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.

Sam Brownback

Conservatives sometimes forget that limiting government is not an end in itself but a means to a better society.

Sam Brownback

The growth in ethanol and biodiesel is something that I have worked on since I was secretary of agriculture in Kansas. I would like to see a lot more progress, because I think there is a real score to be made on this.

Sam Brownback

I am one who believes that the market, properly incentivized, can consistently outperform government regulation on achieving objectives.

Sam Brownback

Budgets are matters of priority and prioritizing. It's a high priority.

Sam Brownback

Too often, while well-intentioned, our poverty programs fail the poor. They fail them by keeping them in cycles of dependency.

Sam Brownback

The right to keep and bear arms is a right that Kansans hold dear. The people of Kansas have repeatedly and overwhelmingly reaffirmed their commitment to protecting this fundamental right.

Sam Brownback

You can raise a good child in a single-parent family, but it's much more difficult.

Sam Brownback

My wife and I are raising five children, and it's tough between two people, let alone with one that's working full-time and is stressed out and coming home to a lot of difficulties.

Sam Brownback

Culture is more important than politics and government.

Sam Brownback

I grew up taking care of the pigs. I love this country that, you know, somebody can do something like that.

Sam Brownback

I do not support a North American Union. I disagree fundamentally with that, and I think the United States should be governing itself and not being governed by multilateral unions, the United Nations.

Sam Brownback

I think the United Nations is a useful format to discuss matters, but I think it's a weak institution in being able to carry out matters and, in many respects even, it has been harmful on things like human rights.

Sam Brownback

I think we have to secure our borders and make sure that people coming in are coming here not to do us harm.

Sam Brownback

We need more children raised in the optimum situation, which is between a mom and a dad bonded together for life.

Sam Brownback