Ernest Istook Quotes

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America.

English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated.

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

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

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.

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

America has global trade with plenty of nations that provide inexpensive labor, but it's better for us when they're in our own hemisphere, rather than sending that business halfway around the world.

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.

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

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.

America's strength is not our diversity; our strength is our ability to unite people of different backgrounds around common principles. A common language is necessary to reach that goal.

There are a lot of Grinches out there that would like nothing better than to take any references to religion out of the holiday season.

Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.

There are many alternatives to embryonic stem cell research, alternatives with great potential. We need to support these and oppose creating life for the sole purpose of destroying it.

Our economic freedom is founded on individual property rights government should never be permitted to take those away.