Trent Franks quotes

“It not only is a complete undermining of the principles of family and marriage and the hope of future generations, but it completely begins to see our society break down to the extent that that foundational unit of the family that is the hope of survival of this country is diminished to the extent that it literally is a threat to the nation's survival in the long run.”
-- Trent Franks

Source : "Rep. Trent Franks Calls Marriage Equality A “Threat To The Nation’s Survival”". www.rightwingwatch.org. October 28, 2011.

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“Marriage equality is "a threat to the nation's survival in the long run."”
-- Trent Franks

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“And yet today, half of all black children are aborted. Far more of the African-American community is being devastated by the policies of today than were being devastated by policies of slavery”
-- Trent Franks

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“[on marriage equality] It literally is a threat to the nation's survival in the long run.”
-- Trent Franks

Source : "Rep. Trent Franks Calls Marriage Equality A 'Threat To The Nation’s Survival'" by Brian Tashman, www.rightwingwatch.org. October 28, 2011.

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“I met a keen observer who gave me a tip: 'If you run across a restaurant where you often see priests eating with priests, or sporting girls with sporting girls, you may be confident that it is good. Those are two classes of people who like to eat well and get their money's worth.'”

Source : A. J. Liebling (2016). “Between Meals: An Appetite for Paris”, p.59, North Point Press

“The movie, like the book before it, is an expertly built machine for the mass production of tears. Directed by Josh Boone ('Stuck in Love') with scrupulous respect for John Green's best-selling young-adult novel, the film sets out to make you weep -- not just sniffle or choke up a little, but sob until your nose runs and your face turns blotchy. It succeeds.”

Source : "Young Love, Complicated by Cancer" by A.O. Scott, www.nytimes.com. June 05, 2014.

“Rogue Squadron doesn’t run. Unless we really, really have to." "No, this will be Wraith Squadron’s mission." "We don’t mind running. Even when we don’t have to.”

“I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.”

“The obedient in art are always the forgotten . . . The country is glorious but its beauties are unknown, and but waiting for a real live artist to splash them onto canvas . . . Chop your own path. Get off the car track.”

“Josh: So, Toby, it’s election night. What do you say about a country that goes out of its way to protect even those citizens that try to destroy it? Toby: God bless America.”

“It is always the young that make the change. You don't get these ideas when you're middle-aged. Young people have daring, creativity, imagination and personal computers. Above all, what you have as young people that's vitally needed to make social change, is impatience. You want it to happen now. There have to be enough people that say, ‘We want it now, in our lifetime.’ This is your moment. This is your opportunity. Be adventurists in the sense of being bold and daring. Be opportunists and seize this opportunity, this moment in history, to go out and save our country. It's your turn now.”

“As long as you want anything very much, especially more than you want God, it is an idol.”

Source : A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers

“If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.”

“The Baptists' basic theology is that if you hold someone under water long enough, he'll come around to your way of thinking. It's a ritual known as 'Bobbing for Baptists.'”

Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial