Bureaucracy Quote by David Brooks

“Life is unfair and there are winners and losers, regardless of how much overprotective parents attempt to shield their offspring from reality.”

— Jen Lancaster

“Let us admit that some government programs and personnel are efficient and effective, and others are not. Let us acknowledge that when it comes…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“In countless cases, parenthood has been the worst attempt to contribute something positive to the world.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

In a way, every parent is sort of dependent on the benevolence of the society around them to take care of their children.

— Mohsin Hamid

“Our children cannot be assumed to follow in our footsteps, assuage our losses, or compensate for our inadequacies.”

— Madeline Levine

“Parenthood doesn’t improve one’s character, it exposes it.”

— Leslie A. Gordon

We do a disservice to society if we ignore the evidence which shows that stable families tend to be associated with better outcomes for…

— Iain Duncan Smith

“The best parenting strives to educate children in how to live -- enthusiastically, compassionately, without greed, striving for a better world.”

— David R. Wommack

Every parent wants to know that their children are protected against those who have a particular agenda until they get old enough to make…

— Iain Duncan Smith

“Every child has to raise itself.’ Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction.”

— Anne Frank

“In short, we live with an overriding sense that we have ultimate control over who our kids become when they are adults. We therefore…

— Meg Meeker

“Many people could not understand that the idea of government is not to provide, the way parents provide for a child.”

— David Remnick