Ernest Istook Quotes

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• Research and development needs permanent tax credits to build the technology that spurs our growth. But no government programs alone can get America's students to…
• 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…
• The birth of democracy in Iraq is one of the great positive changes of our era.
• While even pornography is protected as free speech, the courts have consciously undermined religious speech and freedom of religion for years.
• 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…
• Thousands of present day students, like many of our Founding Fathers, are being taught at home.
• Americans should be free to recognize our religious heritage; doing that is not the same as creating a government-sponsored religion.
• 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…
• The courts are using the First Amendment to attack religion, when they should be using it to protect religion.
• Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their…
• 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…
• 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.
• To become an American citizen, we require people to read, write and speak in English. That is to help them to assimilate in our melting…
• Home schooled children frequently combine for many purposes - and they interact well. The growth of the home schooling movement means that more and more…
• It's good that the first half of the speech emphasized freedom, because George W. Bush has been the global champion for freedom. As he said,…
• English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.
• 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…
• 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…
• The motives of these parents vary, many parents don't like the curriculum being taught to their kids, or are wary of the threat of peer…
• Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America.

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