The article contains several quotes from Mike Pompeo. The quotes deal with children, child-rearing, the family and life.
“Every single life is a gift.”
“I have a big job… as Susan’s husband and Nick’s Dad!”
“Children are literally the lifeblood of our families, our society, and our nation. They should be cherished, never sacrificed for the sake of convenience.”
“I believe, without a doubt, that life begins at conception and is sacred.”
“Christmas has come to mean something far greater to me: It’s not just a day for family time or opening presents; it is a day to celebrate the true miracle of a child being born to humble conditions in the small village of Bethlehem, over 2,000 years ago.”
“On Christmas, we remind ourselves of God’s living, abiding love for each one of us, and we honor that love by giving it freely to others.”
“… When you have a job that takes a lot of your time – it’s not just secretaries of state or senior leaders; a lot of people have long hours that they put in – it means you have to try and get it right and make sure that you’re focused, especially at really important moments in your kids’ lives, that you’re taking care of that thing that is most important, your obligation to raise and inculcate the values in your children for the next generation.”
“My son always gets a gift (on Father’s Day). It often is a gift that he and I can use together – couple of baseball gloves one year – so he’ll always find something that brings the two of us together.”
“I think as you look back at civilization, look back at history, you find the strength of these families having a father and a mother is the ideal condition for childbearing.”
“Doesn’t mean there aren’t great families with single parents, great young men and women raised without either parent.”
“It is absolutely the case that the family is the central unit of successful civilizations. We’ve seen that through time immemorial.”
“I have a niece and a nephew who were born to mothers who didn’t want to keep those babies, but chose to do so and put them up for adoption. My sister adopted them. These are my nephew and my niece – lovely, now-young adults who are really important people because these mothers made this important choice.”
“Now I hope we can all go out and make sure every woman gets a chance to do precisely this: make sure they carry their baby to term and we welcome these young people into the world, and we hope their families stay intact to care of them. But if they can’t, then we will come around and help them be successful in living good American lives.”
“Progressives are now actively seeking to displace parental authority, assume ownership of children, and make children creatures of the state.”
“It’s beyond inappropriate to push toxic gender ideology on kids. This is a great example of why parents must stay involved in education.”
“Madness. There’s nothing compassionate about adults pushing kids to harmful ‘gender reassignment’ surgeries.”
“We can stand up to foreign adversaries. But if we lose our kids then we lose everything.”
“If our kids don’t grow up understanding America is an exceptional nation, we’re done.”
“I am working hard to provide solutions to meet a most pressing goal: preserving our way of life for our kids and grandkids.”
“Pray hard for your children, dedicate yourself to being a good example for them. You won’t get it right every day. I certainly didn’t, but be focused on that. Be disciplined as – to the extent you can be about that. Know that that little boy or that little girl is watching closely not only you but how you interact with your spouse and they are modeling the things that you do. And bring the Lord into their life. If you do those things and do – and try to do them well every day, you’re likely to end up with a child that matures in a way that you’ll be very, very proud of when the years move on.”
