Ernest Istook Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Thousands of present day students, like many of our Founding Fathers, are being taught at home.”

“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.”

“The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.”

“My father was the son of immigrants, and he grew up bilingual, but English is what my father taught me and what he spoke to me. America's strength is not our diversity; it is our ability to unite around common principles even when we come from different backgrounds.”

“The American people do not want people thumbing their nose at the law. It undercuts the very fabric of our society and the system of civil justice and of criminal justice as well.”

“Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America.”

“The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.”

“Printing ballots in multiple languages costs millions of dollars every year. It also discourages immigrants from integrating into American society and gaining the benefits that come from speaking English.”

“Those people who want to express their religious beliefs on public property should enjoy the same rights that we provide to those protesting the war in Iraq.”

“Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America.”