"As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation."

Family, Children, Nation, Problems

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"As an adoptive parent myself of foster children, I have seen firsthand the glaring problems of the system currently facing this Nation."

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"I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Family, Mothers, Nations

"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

Sarah Dessen, American Author

Family, Identity, People, Life

"Mother is the center of the family, everyone else surrounds her."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Family, Mother, Center, Surrounds

"There's something wrong with a mother who washes out a measuring cup with soap and water after she's only measured water in it."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

Family, Mother, Water, Wrong

"Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Family, Mother, Story, Beginning, Life

"If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all."

Mitch Albom, American Writer

Family, Support, Love, Caring

"I tell you, families are definitely the training ground for forgiveness."

Anne Lamott, American Author

Family, Forgiveness, Training, Life

"Don't say negative things about your spouse and children."

Jaachynma N.E. Agu, Nigerian Author

Family, Respect, Positivity, Speech

"Our acts make or mar us, we are the children of our own deeds."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Family, Children, Deeds

"Right, except I'm not going to lie to my mom, because what kind of bastard lies to his own mother?"

John Green, American Author

Family, Honesty, Respect, Truth

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"The longer we go without strong leadership from the Administration and until we see significant progress in the day-to-day lives of the Iraqi people, the more difficult it will become to sustain the support of the American people and Congress for the current course."

Leadership

"We owe our troops more than rhetoric; we owe them a real plan. The Administration has yet to put forward a strategy for achieving stability in Iraq, ending the conflict, and handing over sovereignty to the people of Iraq and the new Iraqi government."

Government

"In 2003, Congress authorized the construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Memorial to help provide information and educate the public about the memorial and the Vietnam War."

War

"Now is not the time to give greater protections to pharmaceutical companies that put unsafe drugs like Vioxx on the market. Such protections have nothing to do with the liability insurance crisis facing doctors and should be stripped from this bill."

Time

"It is about time that we develop a worldwide strategy to reduce illegal trade in meth and its precursor chemicals and stop the devastating impact that methamphetamine use is having on our children and our communities."

Time

"I fully support the goal of species protection and conservation and believe that recovery and ultimately delisting of species should be the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's top priority under ESA."

Goal

"I know that my Republican colleagues are as ashamed as I am that the United States is forced to borrow over $1 trillion from foreign nations to pay for our national priorities like reconstruction of the gulf coast and the war in Iraq."

War

"Like my colleague, I represent a large Assyrian community in central California, one of the largest concentrations of Assyrian Americans anywhere in the United States."

Representation

"Our constituents paid into Social Security, and they want it paid back to them when they retire. Cutting Social Security benefits that Americans have earned should always be a last resort."

Social Security

"In our system of democracy, our government works on a system of checks and balances. Instead of stripping power from the courts, I believe we should follow the process prescribed in our Constitution - consideration of a Constitutional amendment."

Government