Top 35 Jack Kingston Quotes

Marriage encourages the men and women who together create life to unite in a bond for the protection of children.

What we want the folks in Ethiopia to know is that we are behind them in the democratic process. We know it is not perfect, as we are still working on ours; but we wish them success in this great and noble endeavor.

Politicians always do a two-step, depending on what their district politics looks like.

If immigration reform was easy, Congress would have dealt with it 15 years ago.

Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights.

Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver’s licenses between them.

Indeed, there are so many prejudices against everyday middle-class values on college campuses, and serving in the military and being pro-American just seems to be one of them.

The people in my district don’t call me ‘congressman’ – doesn’t matter how old they are, they call me ‘Jack.’ They see me at the grocery store, at soccer games.

What I would ask the Democrat Party is to put your plan on the table, because most people agree with the facts, and the facts are that Social Security is running out of money.

I’m not a creature of Washington.

Finally, I want to make the point that we are Republicans. We are the majority. It is going to be a little more difficult because we have to govern and come up with ideas.

If you really want to see the face of war, see the faces of survivors.

When a city says, ‘If you’re illegal, come here, we’re not going to prosecute you,’ the federal law should supersede the local mayor’s edict.

I learned a lot when I was 14 and 15 years old doing chores inside and outside the household, and as a result, I grew up with a good work ethic.

The Obama administration has been weak and inconsistent in enforcing immigration laws.

I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor.

I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration’s reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.

Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.

That’s what representative democracy is about, is members going to Washington but coming home and answering the tough questions.

Americans underemployed or unemployed and a President Trump will put them back to work.

But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.

I think Social Security should be bipartisan and it should transcend the next election, and you should get the best ideas of the Democrats and of the Republicans, and move forward with the best.

We absolutely have to change the status quo in Washington.

People expect to see white guys, Sunday afternoon, on ‘Face the Nation.’ And people with a direct interest in politics do watch those shows. But not a lot of normal people watch those shows. But, ‘Real Time With Bill Maher,’ it’s unbelievable how many people watch that.

You have to respect the system. If you have a problem with the system, change the system.

So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment.

What worries me is that conservative thought is moving quickly, but we’re kind of the pachyderms in Congress because things move so slowly.

This is the time to pull together as a Nation, as different people from all over the States with different perspectives and different social statuses and different income brackets, to unify into one and help those on the ground who need our help the most.

We need workfare over welfare.

Allowing adult children who live at home who are in between jobs to stay on their parents’ health care, I think that’s a lot of Republican support for that, with or without Obamacare.

It seems like WikiLeaks has better information on Hillary Clinton than she does herself.

I welcome the Democrats’ ideas on Social Security. I think it is very important to make a bipartisan reform.

Ages of experience have taught humanity that the commitment of a husband and wife to love and to serve one another promotes the welfare of children and the stability of society.

It is always open season on Christian and on white folks because they are the group you can kick and you can get away with it. It is politically correct.

Marriage is an institution fits in perfect harmony with the laws of nature; whereas systems of slavery and segregation were designed to brutally oppress people and thereby violated the laws of nature.