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> [Until we begin to discover the national values that for centuries have allowed us to rise above our natures and act as civilized men and women, our country will continue to suffer the steady deterioration in standards that disturbs us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/until-we-begin-to-discover-the-national-values-that-for-centuries/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

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## More by Tom DeLay

> [Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/guns-have-little-or-nothing-to-do-with-juvenile-violence-the-causes/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [Does life have any meaningful purpose?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/does-life-have-any-meaningful-purpose/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [I take no pleasure in seeing DeLay swing gently in the wind. But the thing I believe in the most is ethics. If someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/i-take-no-pleasure-in-seeing-delay-swing-gently-in-the-wind-but-the/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [Clinton's bombing campaign has caused all of these problems to explode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/clinton-s-bombing-campaign-has-caused-all-of-these-problems-to-explode/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [Newt Gingrich is an incredible leader. He is a leader of our time, and he's going to lead us into the future. And we're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/newt-gingrich-is-an-incredible-leader-he-is-a-leader-of-our-time-and/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [The best that can be said about embryonic stem cell research is that it is scientific exploration into the potential benefits of killing human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/the-best-that-can-be-said-about-embryonic-stem-cell-research-is-that/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [ Don't send your kids to Baylor. And don't send your kids to \[Texas\] A&M... Texas A&M used to be a conservative university. It's lost… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/don-t-send-your-kids-to-baylor-and-don-t-send-your-kids-to-texas-a-m/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [Temper your future actions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/temper-your-future-actions/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [Howard Dean is a cruel and extremist demagogue. And Howard Dean is as ignorant on John Ashcroft as he is on national security. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/howard-dean-is-a-cruel-and-extremist-demagogue-and-howard-dean-is-as/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [It's the arrogance of man to think that man can change the climate of the world. Only nature can change the climate. A volcano,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/it-s-the-arrogance-of-man-to-think-that-man-can-change-the-climate-of/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [Christianity offers the only viable, reasonable, definitive answer to the questions of Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/christianity-offers-the-only-viable-reasonable-definitive-answer-to/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [Until we begin to discover the national values that for centuries have allowed us to rise above our natures and act as civilized men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/until-we-begin-to-discover-the-national-values-that-for-centuries/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure, to provide stability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/a-woman-can-take-care-of-the-family-it-takes-a-man-to-provide/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [Senator Frist is a good man, he's simply advocating a bad policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/senator-frist-is-a-good-man-he-s-simply-advocating-a-bad-policy/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

> [If Israel falls to the terrorists, the entire free world will tremble. To forsake Israel now would be tantamount to forsaking Great Britain in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-delay/if-israel-falls-to-the-terrorists-the-entire-free-world-will-tremble/)

[Tom DeLay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-delay/)

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