William Bennett

Responsible persons are mature people who have taken charge of themselves and their conduct, who own their actions and own up to…

— William Bennett

People of good character are not all going to come down on the same side of difficult political and social issues. Good…

— William Bennett

The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read.…

— William Bennett

Real fatherhood means love and commitment and sacrifice and a willingness to share responsibility and not walking away from one's children.

— William Bennett

“Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come.…

— William Bennett

Home is a shelter from storms - all sorts of storms.

— William Bennett

A City University of New York study done in 1991 revealed that nearly 90% of the American people identify themselves religiously as…

— William Bennett

Loving your homeland is just as natural as loving your father or mother - after all, your country nourishes you, protects you,…

— William Bennett

Morality becomes hypocrisy if it means accepting mothers suffering or dying in connection with unwanted pregnancies and illegal abortions - and unwanted…

— William Bennett

America's only respectable form of bigotry is bigotry against religious people. And the only reason for hatred of religion is that it…

— William Bennett

Have we come to the point where it is now considered a secular blasphemy to acknowledge the name of God at all?

— William Bennett

Much of the left-liberal elite despise traditional religious beliefs ... in general, they are profoundly uncomfortable with religious institutions and the traditional…

— William Bennett

When we were attacked on Sept. 11, we knew the main reason for the attack was that Islamists hated our way of…

— William Bennett

Nothing in recent years, on television or anywhere else, has improved on a good story that begins "Once upon a time..."

— William Bennett

America's support for human rights and democracy is our noblest export to the world.

— William Bennett

Our schools should get five years to get back to where they were in 1963. If they're still bad maybe we should…

— William Bennett

It is our character that supports the promise of our future - far more than particular government programs or policies.

— William Bennett

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

— William Bennett

What you've got here is really a case of journalists making fun of people who believe in God and the devil.

— William Bennett

"Honor never grows old, and honor rejoices the heart of age. It does so because honor is, finally, about defending those noble…

— William Bennett

The President is the symbol of who the people of the United States are. He is the person who stands for us…

— William Bennett

I do know that it's true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could - if that were your sole purpose…

— William Bennett

I think we need to find out why the citizens of the world's wealthiest, most envied, most powerful country are so cynical,…

— William Bennett

We are here to help one another along life's journey.

— William Bennett

True courage is mixed with circumspection, the kind of healthy skepticism that asks, 'Is this the best way to do this?' True…

— William Bennett